Presently, NASA Astronauts a tool bag is orbiting the Earth slightly ahead of the International Space Station, adding to the celestial scenery of planets and stars. Space enthusiasts can now witness a NASA toolbox, originally belonging to astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O’Hara, who, during a spacewalk outside the ISS, accidentally lost the toolbox into the vast darkness of space.
The tool bag, currently shining remarkably bright at approximately magnitude +6, is visible through binoculars to some skywatchers, just below the unassisted eye’s visibility limit, as reported by EarthSky.com. Flight controllers at NASA spotted the tool bag using external station cameras.
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Although the tools were not required for the rest of the spacewalk, Mission Control analyzed the bag’s trajectory, determining that the risk of it recontacting the station is low. Consequently, no action is required, and both the onboard crew and the space station remain safe.
In the midst of a science mission, astronauts Moghbeli and O’Hara are living and working aboard the microgravity laboratory, aiming to advance scientific knowledge and demonstrate new technologies for future human and robotic exploration missions. This includes lunar missions as part of NASA’s Artemis program.
