An Indian experiment module fell out of space and crashed into the Indian Ocean in recent days, just months after launching into orbit, but it wasn't because of a failure, Indian space officials said.

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In 1979, when the US space station Skylab was ... locate and recover what was left of Skylab. The fallen space station had broken up as it re-entered Earth’s atmosphere, scattering debris across WA ...

An Indian experiment module fell out of space and crashed into the Indian Ocean in recent days, just months after launching ...