The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (POT) attracted attention again, but this time in a negative way. A quiet neighborhood in NaplesFlorida, United States, was shaken by a disconcerting event which left residents stunned.
It all started when a mysterious object went through the roof of a house, defying all odds. The owner of the home, Alejandro Oterowas on vacation when his son informed him of the surprising incident: a metal cylinder had pierced not only the roof, but also the floorleaving a trail of destruction in its wake.
What origin does the space object that fell in the United States have according to NASA?
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The place on Earth that even NASA uses as a garbage dump to discard spacecraft.
After a thorough analysis in the Kennedy Space Centerthe space agency revealed that the object in question was simply a metal componenta piece that was used to holding spent batteries on a charging pad discarded of the International Space Station in 2021.
However, what is extraordinary is that this piece of space junk managed to survive to the difficult journey of re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere, defying expectations by not completely burning up. A wrong calculation which had unexpected consequences.