"Imminent Crash: Dead European Satellite Hurtling Towards Earth"

After 16 years in orbit, the defunct ERS-2 satellite is expected to crash back to Earth this month, with the European Space Agency predicting that any debris will likely land in a body of water due to Earth's surface being 70% water. The satellite, which has been slowly descending since its retirement in 2011, is about the size of a city bus and weighs over 5,000 pounds. The increasing amount of space junk in Earth's orbit, including defunct satellites and small fragments of rockets or satellites, poses a growing concern for space agencies.