[HIGHLIGHTS] Part of the ISS crashed in the Atlantic

Part of the ISS crashed in the Atlantic. It was ‘probably largely burnt up’ It had previously also flown over Germany.

The object was a pallet containing nine disused batteries from the International Space Station (ISS) The platform with battery packs was about the size of a car and weighed around 2.6 tons. it was detached from the ISS in March 2021 with the aim of later burning up in the atmosphere. Several organizations, including the Federal Ministry of Economics responsible for space travel and the German Aerospace Center (DLR), had already informed about the battery pack on Thursday.