It's a bird, it's a plane, wait, no. It's a falling space station, some say it could be coming to your backyard.
FOX 47's Marcus Dash went to Abrams Planetarium at MSU to get schooled on this falling phenom.
"Some of the larger pieces will be able to survive re-entry and will potentially crash on the ground or ocean," said John French.
What goes up must come down that's what John French says about one of the problems countries deals with when putting a space station like this into orbit.
"Started to hit some atmospheric drag and falling down, they lost telemetry control so the thing is just out of control," said French.
French tells me the odds are it will completely miss Michigan altogether, but if it does reach Michigan it will be one glorious site you wouldn't want to miss.
"It could put on quite a nice light show and it could be pretty dramatic, so I'm hoping it does fall over here so we can see it," said French.
While French says he is excited about the potential of a light show that would come from this, he said people need to be aware of the potentially toxic chemicals that may be on board this space station.
"If for some small chance a piece does come down and lands in your backyard you don't want to get close to it, it could be giving off some of this hydrazine fuel which is very toxic," said French.
If you do get a chance to see this, French says just stay put and take the moment in because it won't last.
"If you see it and run inside to get people to come look at it, by the time they come out it'll probably be gone," said French.
The European space agency says the window for the falling debris starts today and lasts through April 2nd, but the agency says that window is highly variable.
Governor Rick Snyder has activated the state's emergency operations center to monitor the space station re-entry.
