News ‘X marks the spot (for now)’: Chinese rocket hurtling back to Earth; parts of US remain in possible landing zone May 8, 2021May 8, 2021 Doyle Rice, Janet Loehrke and Stephen J. Beard, USA TODAY Comments Off on ‘X marks the spot (for now)’: Chinese rocket hurtling back to Earth; parts of US remain in possible landing zone A section of a Chinese rocket is falling to Earth and could hit late Saturday. China's government expects most of it will burn up during reentry.