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Debris thought to be from a spacecraft launched from the European spaceport in Kourou in French Guiana after it was found by residents of Salinopolis, a city 293 km from Belem, Para State, Brazil, on April 28, 2014

Odds of being hit by a piece of space junk are higher than you'd think

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SpaceX capsule narrowly avoids piece of space junk in dramatic video

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