How a freak space junk crash baffled residents and sparked concern
The KSA director general said it was lucky that no significant damage was done when the object hurtled to Earth. "The ...
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Space debris crash in Kenya village believed to be from leftover rocket hardware
Officials with the Kenya Space Agency (KSA) officials in Nairobia have reported that a large metallic ring fell from the sky on Dec. 30 , crashing "red-hot" into Mukuku village, in Makueni county – in ...
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Photos show the 1,000 pounds of space debris that crash landed in Kenya. It's unclear who it belongs to.
A large metallic ring from space crash-landed in Kenya on New Year's Day. Officials want to determine its origins and hold the owner accountable.
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Space Debris Weighing 500 Kilograms Crash-Lands Outside Mukuku Village In Kenya
On December 30, the people of Mukuku, a village in Kenya about 90 kilometers (56 miles) from the capital Nairobi, found a massive piece of space debris. Luckily nobody was harmed when the 500 ...
Viral: 500 kg object from space crashes into Kenyan village, officials investigate
On December 30, 2024, a metallic ring believed to be part of a rocket launch vehicle crashed in Mukuku village, Kenya. The 2.5-meter, 500-kilogram obj ...
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How a freak space junk crash baffled residents and sparked concern
I started looking around, also wondering if it was gunshots," Stephen Mangoka, a 75-year-old farmer from Makueni county's Mukuku village, told the BBC. "I looked up in the sky to see if there was ...
Debris falling from the sky: More often, more risk
It is still not clear what exactly fell onto a Kenyan village last month, but such events are likely to become increasingly common given the amount of space debris drifting above the planet.