Filling the amateur space archaeology niche

January 12, 2017 11:21 AM

Paul Maley maintains three highly comprehensive pages dedicated to space debris which has fallen back to earth. These are organized into chronological sections: 1960-1980, 1981-2003, and 2004-present.
posted by Rumple (5 comments total)

He has the landing of the first, unmanned Vostok capsule in Maniwotoc, Wisconson (well, various smoldering parts of it), so this gets the Quindar Beep seal of approval
posted by Quindar Beep at 12:01 PM on January 12, 2017 [1 favorite]

The van was grazed by the impact. I do not think that means what you think that it means.

Amazing site!
posted by jeribus at 12:24 PM on January 12, 2017

Good timing for this ... Jan. 22 is the 20th anniversary of Lottie Williams of Tulsa getting struck by space debris.
posted by Twang at 2:06 PM on January 12, 2017

For that matter, yesterday was Sergei Korolev's 110th birthday.
posted by Quindar Beep at 4:58 AM on January 13, 2017

Space junk!
posted by rmd1023 at 8:49 AM on January 13, 2017