NASA astronauts lost valuable tools during a spacewalk. Doom can be seen from Earth

The event occurred in the first days of November this year in space near . NASA astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O’Hara participated in maintenance work outside the base. Suddenly, the women lost sight of the bag with tools, which moved away from the station.

A bag of tools worth PLN 100,000. dollars disappeared into space. The astronauts dropped it while working

During their nearly seven-hour spacewalk, they successfully completed work on repairing the tracking system that allows the solar panels to automatically rotate towards the direction the light comes from. However, while outside, they lost a bag of tools worth PLN 100,000. dollars (approximately PLN 399,000), which escaped them and flew into space.

According to the press release, because the lost instruments were not needed to perform other tasks, and the analysis of the bag’s flight trajectory determined that it did not pose a threat to the station and its staff, the decision was made to abandon it.

Astronauts lose tools during spacewalks. What happens to space junk?

An unusual object is currently drifting near the International Space Station and is visible even from the Earth’s surface. To observe it, you need to use binoculars. The tool bag was also captured from the space station itself by Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa.

The space junk will remain in space for several more months until it is attracted by planets. When falling to Earth, due to the forces acting on it and its small size, it will burn up in the atmosphere. Similar situations have happened before. In 2008, American astronaut Heide Stefanyshyn-Piper lost her bag while cleaning and oiling her swivel joint. In 2006, during repair exercises, two astronauts, Piers Sellers and Michael Fossum, lost a spatula intended for spreading a high-temperature impregnation.