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On this day in space! Nov. 10, 2013: Europe's GOCE satellite, the 'Ferrari of space,' fell out of orbit after mapping Earth's gravity field


Controllers weren't sure where GOCE would fall back to Earth. Some people worried that it might crash into a populated area.

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