Lost Space Tool Bag Becomes Viewable Junk
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Backyard Science, SciClips, Space, Video on 01 6th, 2009 | one response
Space Junk Orbits Earth, courtesy of Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
The latest piece of space junk–an expensive NASA tool bag–is making its rounds in the night sky over North America and western Europe. It is scheduled to burn up on re-entry later this year.
In the meantime, backyard astronomers are snapping pictures and videos as it whizzes past. To find out where the tool bag is click here.
Video: Space Tool Bag Orbits Earth
A week after Heidi Stefanyshyn-Piper lost the $100,000 bag of tools while performing maintenance on the International Space Station, Kevin Fetter captured the orbiting kit from his backyard observatory.
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