2023-11-15 19:30:01
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SPACE – If you see a point of light wandering in the sky, it may not be a satellite but a NASA toolbox. On November 2, American space agency astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O’Hara carried out maintenance on the solar panels of the International Space Station (ISS). But after two hours, one of them accidentally dropped the bag containing her tools into space, as you can see in our video at the top of the article.
NASA, however, clarified in a press release that it was not essential for the rest of the mission of the two astronauts and that this loss did not represent any danger for the ISS and its inhabitants: “These tools were not needed for the remainder of the spacewalk. The control center analyzed the trajectory of the bag and determined that the risk of contact with the station was low and that the crew and the space station were safe, with no action required on their part.”
Observable from Earth using binoculars
In total, Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O’Hara carried out a spacewalk lasting 6 hours and 42 minutes. The bag containing the tools is now in orbit around Earth and has been classified as space junk. According to the site EarthSkyit is possible to see it from Earth with binoculars or a telescope before it disintegrates upon entering the Earth’s atmosphere in the coming months.
This is not the first time an object has been lost in space. The same thing happened to American Heidemarie Martha Stefanyshyn-Piper in 2008, when she was also carrying out maintenance work on the ISS. But the palm of gold for the most unusual object goes to Piers Sellers. In 2006, the astronaut lost a 35 cm spatula.
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