Chinese space agency has confirmed the destruction of its 9-tonne experimental space station Tiangong-2 through a controlled re-entry to Earth which burned it up. A small amount of debris fell into a designated South Pacific Ocean security area. Tiangong-2 spent over 1,000 days in space, orbiting Earth 16,209 times. Notably, Tiangong-1 was destroyed in an uncontrolled re-entry in April 2018.