The photo shows parts of space junk found on a sheep farm in Australia.
Days before pieces believed to be a Chinese missile fell to Earth, bits of space junk were found on a sheep farm in Australia. It is believed to be a part of a SpaceX rocket, according to a report by ABC Southeast New South Wales.
On July 9, a boom was heard all over the snowy mountains in southern New South Wales. The outlet said people in Albury, Wagga Wagga and Canberra had been hearing it for miles.
When a rocket is launched, parts of the spacecraft often separate from the initial payload and fall to Earth. When they come into contact with the planet’s atmosphere, the majority of these fragments burn up. The ocean, which makes up two-thirds of the Earth’s surface, is where the largest portions that make it through the atmosphere are most likely to land. But sometimes they manage to touch the ground.
There was a lot of suspicion that it might be caused by the re-entry of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft to Earth’s atmosphere. An astrophysicist told Newsweek that the debris is likely from the torso section of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, which launched in November 2020.
The body, about three meters high, was found by sheep farmer Meek Miners in a remote part of his field in Nombla Valley, south of Jindabeen, Australia.
I just got back from Daleje, NSW. I was busy confirming that parts of a file Tweet embed Crew-1 Trunk capsule has crashed into a few pastures in rural New South Wales! More information to come:https://t.co/2VJzeYMhhnpic.twitter.com/sQsE4WAxRq
— Brad Tucker (@btucker22) 29 July 2022
“I didn’t know what to think of it, and I had no idea what it was,” Mainers said. ABC Southeast.
He called in fellow farmer Jock Wallace in the area, who also discovered some unexplained debris nearby.
“I didn’t hear the bang, but my daughters said it was too loud,” Wallace said. “I think it’s a concern that he just fell from the sky. If it lands on your house, it will cause a hell of a mess.”
Mr. Wallace claims that after contacting the Civil Aviation Safety Authority, he was instructed to contact the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) – the US space agency.