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
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 …
Part of a battery pack discharged by the International Space Station hits Florida home, damaging the roof and flooring.
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has caught a peculiar sight while orbiting the moon. NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has caught a peculiar sight while orbiting the moon, capturing images of an object in motion near its trajectory.
NASA is planning to repair NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer), an X-ray telescope on the International Space Station, during a spacewalk later this year. It will be the fourth science observatory in orbit serviced by astronauts.
"The vendors will exercise a realistic threat response scenario."
Mission to explore the surface of the only moon in the solar system with an Earth-like atmosphere will launch in 2028 and arrive at Saturn's giant moon in 2034.
Update (April 17): NASA has confirmed that a piece of hardware survived re-entry through Earth's atmosphere and impacted a house in Naples, Florida last month. Analysis conducted at Kennedy Space Center in Florida verified the homeowner's suspicions that the object belonged to the International Space Station.Read Entire Article
"It was a tremendous sound. And it almost hit my son. He was two rooms over and heard it all," Otero recalled.
"It was a tremendous sound. And it almost hit my son. He was two rooms over and heard it all," Otero recalled.
NASA released the Space Station batteries, and instead of burning them, they survived and hit a home in Florida.
A Florida homeowner was treated to a shocking surprise when a jettisoned piece of metal from the International Space Station crashed into his home in March. On Monday, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration confirmed the space station was the source of the debris. The debris "tore through the roof" of Alejandro Otero's home on March 8, passing through two floors and nearly hitting his son, the Naples resident said in a March 15 post on X. A month later, NASA released a public...