SpaceX rocket debris crash lands into man’s lawn in Poland
The IndependentSign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A chunk of SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket made an "uncontrolled re-entry into the atmosphere" over Poland and crash-landed into a man’s lawn, the Polish space agency said on Wednesday. “The Team of the Department of Space Security confirms that at about 4.46am to 4.48am on 19 February 2025, an uncontrolled entry into the atmosphere of a member of the Falcon 9 reusable launch vehicle over Polish territory,” the Polish space agency Polsa said. “The part of the rocket, weighing about 4 tons, came from the Space X Starlink Group 11-4 mission, which took off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on 1 February 2025,” the Polish space agency said in a statement. Harvard astronomer and space observer Jonathan McDowell said the Falcon 9 rocket’s second stage from the Starlink satellite launch “failed to deorbit itself”.
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Warehouse owner in Poland is left BAFFLED after finding a huge piece of a SpaceX rocket in his back garden
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