China says space station burns up over South Pacific

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's Tiangong-1 space station re-entered the earth's atmosphere and burnt up over the South Pacific on Monday, the Chinese space authority said.

The "vast majority" of the craft burnt up on re-entry, at around 8:15 a.m. (0015 GMT), the authority said in a brief statement on its website, without saying exactly where any pieces might have landed.