Half-ton burning space junk debris crashes down in Kenyan village

A burning piece of space debris weighing 500kg plunged into Earth and landed in a rural Kenyan village.

The scorching piece of metal was later identified to be the separation ring from a launch rocket that descended rapidly and unexpectedly onto the village of Mukuku in Makueni county on Monday.

Kenya Space Agency officials rushed to the scene and retrieved the debris, which is now under the agency's custody.

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