"Space Junk from International Space Station Crashes into Florida Homes"

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Source: The Guardian
"Space Junk from International Space Station Crashes into Florida Homes"
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Nasa has confirmed that a heavy metal chunk that crashed into a Florida home was space junk from a cargo pallet released from the international space station in 2021. The debris, weighing 1.6lb and measuring about 4in by 1.6in, was supposed to be destroyed in Earth's atmosphere but instead crashed through a Florida home. Nasa will investigate how the debris survived re-entry and "update modeling and analysis," but it's unclear if they will cover the cost of damages to the homeowner's property.

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