Late on Tuesday (GMT), a huge fireball will streak across the skies over the Pacific Ocean. Not many will get to see it; it will be over an uninhabited part of the world, and ships and planes have been warned to steer clear of the area. The event is the return from orbit of Europe’s space freighter, ATV-Johannes Kepler. It has completed its mission at the International Space Station (ISS) and it’s now time to come home.

Don’t miss an excellent write from the BBC’s Jonathan Amos on re-entry and the amazingly sophisticated re-entry breakup recorder (REBR).

Via the BBC