{"id":82426,"date":"2023-11-12T13:28:29","date_gmt":"2023-11-12T13:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.estaql.com\/astronauts-accidentally-drop-toolbox-during-space-walk-and-you-could-see-it-from-earth-world-news\/"},"modified":"2023-11-12T13:28:29","modified_gmt":"2023-11-12T13:28:29","slug":"astronauts-accidentally-drop-toolbox-during-space-walk-and-you-could-see-it-from-earth-world-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/astronauts-accidentally-drop-toolbox-during-space-walk-and-you-could-see-it-from-earth-world-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Astronauts accidentally drop toolbox during space walk – and you could see it from Earth | World News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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NASA astronauts accidentally dropped their toolbox during a walk around the International Space Station – and the floating kit could be visible from Earth.<\/p>\n

Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O’Hara spent six hours and 42 minutes outside the ISS as they carried out maintenance work.<\/p>\n

But a satchel-sized bag floated away and is now orbiting the Earth, several minutes ahead of the space station.<\/p>\n

It was even captured on camera by the pair’s Japanese colleague Satoshi Furukawa, who accidentally photographed the bag while taking a shot of Mount Fuji.<\/p>\n

NASA said the tools were not needed for the remainder of the spacewalk.<\/p>\n

Mission Control analysed the bag’s trajectory and determined the risk of recontacting the station was low, and that the onboard crew and space station were safe.<\/p>\n

The bag has been classified as space junk and is expected to re-enter the Earth’s orbit in the coming months, but will likely burn up as it does so.<\/p>\n

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EarthSky said some people should be able to see it floating around with just a pair of binoculars.<\/p>\n

“It’s surprisingly bright (for a tool bag), shining just below the limit of visibility to the unaided eye,” its website said.<\/p>\n

There are believed to be around 100,000 items of orbital debris currently circling the earth.<\/p>\n

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This isn’t the first time an astronaut has lost a toolbox – in November 2008, Heide Stefanyshyn-Piper was performing a similar repair when the same thing happened.<\/p>\n

In 2006, spacewalker Piers Sellers sheepishly reported that he lost a spatula.<\/p>\n

And in 1965, the first American spacewalker, Ed White, lost a spare glove when he went outside for the first time.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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