A piece of space debris that hit a home in Naples, Florida, in March was a piece of the International Space Station, according to NASA.
the debris — old and depleted nickel hydride batteries that were dumped in March 2021 — to burn up completely in the atmosphere by March 8 of this year.through the atmosphere and pierced through two stories of Alejandro Otero’s Naples home. The timing was suspicious, since the impact occurred at 2:34 p.m. EST, while U.S. Space Command recorded the reentry of the ISS’s space debris at 2:29 p.m.
Otero posted on X on March 15, “Hello. Looks like one of those pieces missed Ft Myers and landed in my house in Naples. Tore through the roof and went thru 2 floors. Almost his my son. Can you please assist with getting NASA to connect with me? I’ve left messages and emails without a response.”Tore through the roof and went thru 2 floors. Almost his my son.
Can you please assist with getting NASA to connect with me? I’ve left messages and emails without a response.“As part of the analysis, NASA completed an assessment of the object’s dimensions and features compared to the released hardware and performed a materials analysis,” NASA said. “Based on the examination, the agency determined the debris to be a stanchion from the NASA flight support equipment used to mount the batteries on the cargo pallet.
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