Article 6GA72 Lost in space: astronaut’s toolbag orbits Earth after escaping during spacewalk

Lost in space: astronaut’s toolbag orbits Earth after escaping during spacewalk

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Diana Ramirez-Simon
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Toolbag not the first item to float into the abyss, after a spatula and multiple other toolbags

Skywatchers have a new space object to train their sights on: a toolbag that is now floating through space around Earth.

Nasa astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O'Hara were conducting a rare all-female spacewalk outside the International Space Station (ISS) on 1 November when their toolbag gave them the slip, according to Nasa.

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