NASA confirmed Monday that a mysterious object that crashed into the roof of a house in Florida last month it was a piece of space junk from equipment dumped on the International Space Station (ISS).
The cylindrical object that penetrated the house in Naples (Naples) on March 8 was immediately transported for analysis at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral.
The space agency he said that it was a metal support which usesfor installing old ones batteries σε μια παλέτα φορτίου. Η παλέτα απορρίφθηκε από τον διαστημικό σταθμό το 2021 and the payload was expected to eventually burn up completely upon entry into Earth's atmosphere. But apparently one piece was not destroyed.
The piece of metal weighed 700 grams and was 10 centimeters high and about 4 centimeters wide.
Homeowner Alejandro Otero told WINK TV that he was on vacation at the time and that his son told him what had happened. Otero returned home immediately to inspect the damage, finding that the object had penetrated his roof and broken the floor.
“I was shaking. I was very skeptical. What are the odds of something landing in my house with that much force to cause that much damageOtero said. "I'm thankful no one was hurt."
