American astronaut missed a spacewalk and lost a tool bag

Two American astronauts embarked on a spacewalk this month to repair the solar panels of the International Space Station. During the mission, they accidentally lost a tool bag

Two American astronauts embarked on a spacewalk this month to repair the solar panels of the International Space Station. During the mission, they accidentally lost a tool bag. At present, this tool bag is in orbit around the Earth.

According to CNN's report on the 13th, American astronauts Jasmine Mogbelli and Loral O'Hara embarked on their first spacewalk on the International Space Station's solar panels, which took 6 hours and 42 minutes. During the mission, a white tool bag was accidentally dropped into space by an astronaut.

According to a blog post by NASA, a ground control personnel discovered this tool bag using a camera installed outside the International Space Station. The ground control personnel analyzed the trajectory of the tool bag in space and believed that the risk of it re contacting the International Space Station was low and would not pose a threat to the station and its personnel, so they did not need to pay attention. The message did not specify what tools were contained in the tool bag or what their value was.

According to the website Earth Sky, which tracks space objects, this tool bag is currently located in front of the International Space Station and orbits the Earth. When the weather is good, people can observe it with binoculars on Earth. The website says that around March next year, the tool bag will fall from space and return to Earth. However, people do not need to worry about being hit by it, as it will cause heat and fire due to friction when entering the Earth's atmosphere, thus decomposing.

At present, this tool bag has been officially named as space debris with number 58229/1998-067WC. This is not the first tool bag left in space. In 2008, an astronaut left a tool bag while cleaning and lubricating faulty components of the space station. According to USA Today, the tool bag is worth $100000.

According to reports, the European Space Agency estimates that as of September this year, there were a total of approximately 11000 tons of objects orbiting the Earth, including 36500 pieces of space debris with a diameter exceeding 10 centimeters. Once such space debris collides with satellites or rockets, it may lead to catastrophic consequences.

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