Well, this is awkward.
The homeowner reported the incident last month, and NASA retrieved the object for analysis.
It had beenthrown out by the Canadarm2 robotic armand left to tumble towards Earth in an uncontrolled reentry.
The pallet packed with old nickel-hydrogen batteries, photographed shortly after being released by the Canadarm2 robotic arm.Photo: NASA
The chaotic fall from orbit finally came to an end when thecargo pallet reentered on March 8around 3:29 p.m.
ET somewhere above the Gulf of Mexico.
Thechances of space junk ending up on someones propertyare slim, but not zero.
Recovered stanchion from the NASA flight support equipment used to mount International Space Station batteries on a cargo pallet.Photo: NASA
The case of the old ISS batteries is somewhat of an anomaly.
The old batteries were supposed to be placed inside a Japanese HTV cargo ship for proper disposal.
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