Debris from a battery pack from the International Space Station will fall to Earth. Europe's former space chief believes the danger to people is low.
"Maybe you'll see the disassembly as a beautiful shooting star," says Jan Wörner. "Bild" had warned on Thursday of a "battery rain" over Germany, and authorities said that a threat to Germany was "very unlikely" The object is a platform with battery packs that is about the size of a car and weighs 2.6 tons.