Who will pay? Florida resident appeals to NASA for compensation — his house was damaged by debris thrown from the ISS
In March, a kilogram piece of metal pierced the roof and floor in the two-story house of Florida resident Alejandro Otero. Later it turned out that it was space debris — viz, support for the cargo pallet for batteries with a total weight of 2630 kg, which was ejected from the ISS in 2021.
Parisian startup creates a jet-powered «boxing glove» that will push space debris out of orbit
The spacecraft, called the Interceptor, will be launched, similar to Virgin Galactic systems, by a rocket from a specially equipped aircraft.
NASA confirms that a support for a cargo pallet that was dropped from the ISS back in 2021 fell on a house in Florida
The space debris was simply ejected from the station — most of it was supposed to burn up in the Earth’s atmosphere, but one of the fragments «survived» and pierced the roof and floor in the two-story house of a Florida resident.
Space debris lands on Florida home — likely from the International Space Station
A few weeks ago, a 1 kg piece of debris broke through the roof of Alejandro Otero’s two-story house in Florida. The Nest camera recorded the noise at 14:34 local time — this is important because at 14:29, debris from the ISS re-entered the atmosphere. At that time, the object was moving over the Gulf of Mexico, heading to southwest Florida.
The ADRAS-J satellite, designed to combat space debris, has entered orbit and headed for its target
On February 18, Rocket Lab successfully launched the ADRAS-J satellite of the Japanese company Astroscale into space using an Electron rocket.