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NASA confirms debris that fell on Florida home came from space station pallet [i]A chunk of metal that tore through a Florida home last month has been confirmed by NASA to have fallen from the International Space Station. The previously unknown space object, which looks to have been partially melted and mangled, has been identified by space agency scientists as the remnants of a stanchion used to mount nickel hydride batteries on a cargo pallet after they were replaced by more capable lithium-ion units. Flight controllers then used the space station's robotic arm to jettison the pallet in March 2021, with the intention that it and its contents would burn up when they plunged back into Earth's atmosphere.[/i]
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