Article 6M503 Nasa confirms metal chunk that crashed into Florida home was space junk

Nasa confirms metal chunk that crashed into Florida home was space junk

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Gloria Oladipo
from Science | The Guardian on (#6M503)

Cylinder slab that tore through Naples home last month was debris released from International Space Station in 2021

A 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.

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