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 increases dramatically.
NYT: A Half-Ton Piece of Space Junk Falls Onto a Village in Kenya ""I was looking after my cow and I heard a loud bang. I looked around; I could not see any smoke in the clouds. I went by the roadside to check if there was any car accident, but there wasn't." www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/w ...
-- Eric Lipton NYT (@ericlipton.nytimes.com) January 2, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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