“The debris is made of Inconel metal alloy, weighing 0.7 kilograms, with a height of 10 centimeters, and a diameter of 4 centimeters.”
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NASA pledged to further investigate how the debris managed to survive after undergoing atmospheric damage. They also plan to update their engineering models.
“NASA remains committed to operating responsibly in low Earth orbit and minimizing risks as much as possible to protect Earth’s inhabitants when space hardware needs to be disposed of,” they added.
A report from Ars Technica last month mentioned that although the battery was owned by NASA, it was installed on a pallet structure launched by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, potentially complicating liability claims.
Prior to this incident, several instances occurred where human-made space debris fell to Earth. One notable case was a fragment of the SpaceX Dragon capsule landing on a sheep farm in Australia in 2022.
Additionally, there was the infamous case of Skylab, the United States’ first space station, which crashed in Western Australia in 1973.