Space.com has a story today about a boy who was hit by a meteorite. (I immediately added the title “The Boy Who Was Hit By a Meteorite” to my idea list.)

Meteorite-human contact is extremely rare and there are no know deaths resulting, although it is not impossible. Here are a few interesting recent human hits (from the linked article).

* On November 30, 1954, Alabama housewife Ann Hodges was taking a nap on her couch when she was awakened by a 3-pound (1.4-kilogram) meteor that crashed through the roof of her house, bounced off a piece of furniture and struck her in the hip, causing a large bruise.
* On October 9, 1992, a large fireball was seen streaking over the eastern United States, finally exploding into many pieces. In Peekskill, New York, one of the pieces struck a Chevrolet automobile owned by Michelle Knapp. Knapp was not in the car at the time.
* On June 21, 1994, Jose Martin of Spain was driving with his wife near Madrid when a 3-pound (1.4-kilogram) meteor crashed through his windshield, bent the steering wheel and ended up in the back seat.

Hits in space are thousands of times more likely, but there are so few people actually in space that the odds of a human hit would still be extremely remote.