Chris Williams sees fireballs entering Earth's atmosphere from space station
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Updated · WION · May 1
Chris Williams sees fireballs entering Earth's atmosphere from space station
3 articles · Updated · WION · May 1
The NASA astronaut recorded the event from the ISS Cupola over West Africa at about 22:40 GMT on 27 April while watching for the approaching Progress MS-34 supply craft.
He said one bright object below the station developed a tail and broke into smaller pieces moving in the same direction, and suggested it was likely orbital debris or a satellite re-entering.
There is still no official identification, though online observers speculated it may have been rocket debris, while social media users also jokingly compared the spectacle to an alien invasion.
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