NASA Astronaut Captures Russian Rocket Debris Burning Over West Africa

• NASA astronaut Chris Williams took photos of a fireball from a Russian rocket over West Africa on April 27, 2026.
• The fireball was space debris from the Russian rocket burning up upon reentry.
• The event was observed by U.S. space-based military and civil sensors.
• The object's brightness peaked at an altitude of nearly 60 miles.
• The fireball was detected by hush-hush U.S. government satellite sensors.