EPHRATA, KOMPAS.TV – Part of the burned rocket wreckage that was seen gliding across the southwest Pacific skies last week fell on a farm in the eastern Washington state of the United States (US).
A farmer found a part of the rocket almost intact on a private farm The Associated Press, on Saturday (3/4/2021).
The about 1.5 meter pressure rocket used to store the helium fell and left an indentation in the ground measuring about 10 centimeters. “Nobody was injured as a result of the falling part of the rocket debris,” said Grant County Sheriff’s spokesman Kyle Foreman.
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The National Weather Service in Seattle said the brightly glowing object reportedly seen in the sky on March 25 was part of a second-tier SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that left a comet-like trajectory as it caught fire as it entered Earth’s atmosphere.
The farmer, who declined to be identified, suspected that the debris he found was part of a rocket. He then contacted the local sheriff’s office last weekend. The authorities then followed up on the farmer’s report on Monday (29/3/2021) and contacted SpaceX. SpaceX then confirmed that the wreckage was part of a rocket and took it back.
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