Not all space-borne objects touch down as gracefully as the space shuttle Discovery. Our friends at Ooobject.com have some examples of of objects that took a more… direct route.
Mysterious ball of space junk, Queensland, Australia
Chang’e II’s Rocket Returns to Earth in Rural China
Russian booster rocket debris
Space debris map
Delta 2 Rocket debris collected in South Africa
Parts of decayed satellite near Cape Town, South Africa
Titanium rocket motor casing, Saudi Arabia
Space Junk raining down on Siberia
Skylab fragment with lettering intact
The largest recovered fragment of Skylab
Something fell out of the sky and landed in Texas
Propellant tank of a Delta 2 launch vehicle, Texas
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