NASA Says A Piece of Space Station Debris Lands in Florida Home
In March, a Florida homeowner reported a peculiar incident. A small, hand-sized chunk of metal had crashed into his property. Weighing less than two pounds, the object had a cylindrical shape and was made of a metal alloy. Its origins remained uncertain until NASA stepped in to investigate.
NASA, upon hearing about the incident, quickly arranged to have the object brought to Kennedy Space Center for examination. NASA's experts performed a materials analysis and compared the object's dimensions and features to hardware released from the ISS.
Based on these examinations, NASA concluded that the debris was a stanchion from the NASA flight support equipment used to mount the batteries on the cargo pallet. The object was made of Inconel, a metal alloy, and measured 4 inches in height and ...