The Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) was deployed by the space shuttle Discovery in 1991. Pieces of the satellite fell back to Earth Saturday morning, reportedly near Calgary, Canada.
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'via Blog this'Monday 26 September 2011
NASA satellite falls on Canada as space junk. No one hurt. - CSMonitor.com
NASA satellite falls on Canada as space junk. No one hurt. - CSMonitor.com: The 6-ton UARS satellite — the biggest piece of space debris to fall from the sky since Sky Lab in 1979 — fell back to Earth early Saturday morning. Debris is reported to have been found near Calgary, Canada.
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