'Quite a light show': NASA astronaut snaps atmospheric fireball as Russian rocket explodes over West Africa

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Where is it? Somewhere over West Africa

What's in the photos? Space debris from a Russian rocket burning up upon reentry

Who took the photos? NASA astronaut Chris Williams

When were they taken? April 27, 2026

Earlier this year, an astronaut on board the International Space Station (ISS) snapped some striking photos, and an eerily beautiful video, of a "fireball" streaking over Earth as chunks of space debris burned up in the nighttime sky.

NASA's Chris Williams, who lived and worked on the ISS between November 2025 and July 2026, captured the eye-catching images from the station's cupola — a large, roughly dome-shaped series of windows that constantly points down at our planet — and later Read Entire Article