Monks in Laos were jolted out of their contemplations when part of a satellite smashed down metres from where they were standing. The metal flap fell from a Chinese spacecraft, local media reported. If local suspicions about its origins are true, the metal flap won't be the first piece of Chinese space junk to crash onto Earth. Lottie Williams became the first - and possibly to date only - person to be hit with a synthetic piece of space junk. She was walking through a park in Tulsa, Oklahoma when a piece of metal about the weight of a drinks can fell on her shoulder.

Source: Daily Mirror May 23, 2019 18:34 UTC