Chunk of International Space Station crashed into Florida home: NASA
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TheHill— A chunk of the International Space Station that was released three years ago crashed into a Florida home last month, according to NASA’s Monday news release. A cargo pallet was released from the space station in March 2021. It was filled with aging batteries. When released, it was supposed to burn up in Earth’s atmosphere
Public Radio of Armenia—Nasa says part of International Space Station crashed into Florida home. US space agency Nasa confirmed that an object that crashed into a home in Florida earlier this month was part of the International Space Station (ISS), the BBC reports. The metal object was jettisoned from the orbiting outpost in March 2021, Nasa said on Monday after analyzing the sample at the Kennedy Space Center. The …
The Guardian—Nasa confirms metal chunk that crashed into Florida home was space junk. Cylinder slab that tore through Naples home last month was debris released from International Space Station in 2021A heavy chunk of metal that crashed through the roof of a Florida home is, in fact, space junk, Nasa has confirmed.The federal space agency said that a cylinder slab that tore through a house in Naples, Florida, last month was debris from a cargo pallet released from the international space station in 2021, according to a Nasa blogpost. Continue reading
KHON2—Object that crashed through roof of Florida home was from space station, NASA confirms. The chunk of metal weighed 1.6 pounds.