The cylindrical tube was a few inches long and weighed nearly 2 pounds . It crashed through the roof and both floors of Alejandro Otero's home in Naples, Florida, at 2:34 p.m. local time on March 8, startling his son.
The origins of the object have yet to be determined, but Otero thinks it's likely one of nine drained batteries discarded from the ISS. Earlier the same day, a large cargo pallet carrying the batteries and belonging to the Japanese space agency5,800 pounds of batteries tossed off the ISS in 2021 will fall to Earth, formerly known as Twitter, in response to a post describing the jettisoned pallet."Tore through the roof and went thru 2 floors. Almost his my son."Hello.
Scientists have proposed multiple ways of tidying Earth's skies, such as gathering junk up in nets; collecting it with clawed robots; orto keep talking space on the latest missions, night sky and more! And if you have a news tip, correction or comment, let us know at: When he's not writing, Ben enjoys reading literature, playing the guitar and embarrassing himself with chess.NASA has lambasted China for its failure to “meet responsible standards” after debris from its out-of-control rocket likely plunged into the Indian Ocean Saturday night.
“Spacefaring nations must minimize the risks to people and property on Earth of re-entries of space objects and maximize transparency regarding those operations,” said NASA Administrator Sen. Bill Nelson in a statement released on the space agency’s website Sunday.