The space agency tossed a massive pallet of old batteries from the ISS, and a piece of it fell through a family's roof.
A family from Florida filed a claim against NASA for a small piece of trash that the space agency had tossed from the International Space Station , which ended up in their home. Earlier this year, a two-pound cylindrical-shaped object crashed through the roof of a family home in Naples, Florida, creating a hole in the ceiling and the floor.
The family is seeking compensation for property damage, emotional and mental anguish, and the costs for assistance from third parties required in the process. The cargo pallet contained nine batteries and weighed roughly 5,800 pounds, making it the heaviest piece of trashed tossed from the ISS. It had been thrown out by the Canadarm2 robotic arm in March 2021 and left to tumble towards Earth in an uncontrolled reentry.
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