mike hopkins
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A Half-Ton of ISS Space Station Trash Will Crash Into the Earth
A 2.9-ton cargo pallet, once used for a critical battery upgrade mission on the International Space Station (ISS), is now approaching the end of its journey and is expected to reenter the Earth’s atmosphere in the coming days. The pallet, tossed from the ISS in March 2021 by the trusty Canadarm2, is facing imminent destruction…
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ISS Ditches Pallet of Batteries, Creating Its Most Massive Piece of Space Trash
Weighing 2.6 tonnes and travelling 8 km per second, this heap of old batteries is now the heaviest single piece of garbage to be jettisoned from the International Space Station.