{"id":106688,"date":"2025-01-01T10:03:10","date_gmt":"2025-01-01T10:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/01\/01\/space-agency-clarifies-metallic-object-that-fell-from-sky-in-makueni-is-a-piece-of-rocket\/"},"modified":"2025-01-01T10:03:10","modified_gmt":"2025-01-01T10:03:10","slug":"space-agency-clarifies-metallic-object-that-fell-from-sky-in-makueni-is-a-piece-of-rocket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/space-agency-clarifies-metallic-object-that-fell-from-sky-in-makueni-is-a-piece-of-rocket\/","title":{"rendered":"Space Agency clarifies metallic object that fell from sky in Makueni is a piece of rocket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya Jan 01 \u2013 The Kenya Space Agency has clarified that a metallic ring which fell from the skies and landed in Mukuku village, Makueni is a fragment of a rocket.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Agency stated that the ring approximately 2.5 meters in diameter and 500Kg in weight, is a separation ring from a launch rocket which in normalcy, is designed to burn up as they re-enter the earth or fall over unoccupied areas like the oceans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is an isolated case which the Agency will investigate and address using the established framework under the International Space Laws,\u201d the agency stated.<\/p>\n<p>This follows an incident that baffled residents of Mukuku village in Mbooni East, Makueni county on Monday December 30 at around 3pm.<\/p>\n<p>The locals who shared the images online reported hearing a loud rumbling noise after the partially burnt metallic object fell from the sky.<\/p>\n<p>The loud bang from the object\u2019s fall was heard up to 50 kilometers away according to the locals.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, the local police in the area reported nobody was injured.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The actions of the locals prompted a quick response from KSA in collaboration with a multi-agency team and the local authorities who secured the area and retrieved the debris which is now under investigations.<\/p>\n<p>KSA further underscored conduct thorough investigations using the existing frameworks to identify the owner of the debris.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe urge the public to report any suspicious objects or unusual occurrences promptly to the relevant authorities,\u201d said KSA.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly in August 2024, a car-sized meteorite fell in the Eastern Cape of South Africa.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The meteorite created a bright streak in the sky and some people heard a sonic boom.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya Jan 01 \u2013 The Kenya Space Agency has clarified that a metallic ring which fell from the skies and landed in Mukuku village, Makueni is a fragment of a rocket. The Agency stated that the ring approximately 2.5 meters in diameter and 500Kg in weight, is a separation ring from a launch rocket [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106688\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}