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Tag: space debris

2 case files, newest first.

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  Oct 19, 2026 Cited

  Skylab Falls on Esperance, 11 July 1979

  America's first space station came down early, scattering pieces across the Western Australian outback. The town of Esperance jokingly fined NASA $400 for littering. A US radio host paid it in 2009.

  • space debris
  • re-entry
  • Australia
  • Western Australia
  • Sky Desk
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  Oct 3, 2026 Cited

  The Slow Fireball of December 22, 2015: A Russian Rocket Stage Comes Home Over Arizona

  On the Tuesday before Christmas 2015, a bright, slow, fragmenting light crossed the evening sky from California to Arizona. It wasn't a meteor. It was the spent third stage of the Soyuz rocket that had launched a cargo ship to the space station the day before.

  • Sky Desk
  • UAP
  • re-entry
  • space debris
  • fireball
  • Arizona
  • Nevada
  • California
  • 2015