Massive space debris crashes into Kenya, residents alarmed as 1,100-pound ring crashes from sky
It was an ordinary day for the residents of Mukuku village in Kenya's Makueni County – until an unexpected delivery from above disrupted the calm.
Space Debris falls in Kenya: Giant 500 kg 'red-hot object' mysteriously falls from sky in kenya - Watch video
Kenyan officials said Wednesday they were looking into metal bits suspected to be from a rocket that fell in the country's north, according to news agency AFP.
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 the country's south.
Unidentified Rocket Fragment Crashes in Kenyan Village
The piece of space debris is believed to be a separation ring from a rocket, according to Kenya's space agency.
Burning space junk weighing 500kg crash lands in Kenyan village
A red-hot piece of space debris that weighs half a tonne plummeted to Earth this week, landing in a remote Kenyan village.
A Half-Ton Piece of Space Junk Falls Onto a Village in Kenya
No one was hurt by the object, believed to be part of a launch rocket. Experts say the frequency of such incidents is increasing as the amount of debris in orbit around the Earth grows dramatically.
Space debris weighing over 1,000 pounds reportedly crashes into village in Kenya
Officials said they were investigating fragments of metal, believed to be from a rocket, that crashed into a village in the country's south.
Massive mysterious metal ring crashes into Kenyan village
STORY: A large metallic object crashed into Kenya’s Mukuku village on Tuesday.:: Citizen TVOfficials believe it is space junk from a rocket’s launch vehicle.The item weighs over 1,000 lbs and measures about 8 feet in diameter.
Massive piece of space junk crashes into village in Kenya — and officials still have no idea where it came from
A 1,100-pound metal ring from a rocket smashed in to a Kenyan village, where it startled residents and flattened trees
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