Watch: Nasa research equipment lands on Texas farm

The space probe had launched from the Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility in New Mexico before it was blown off course.

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After descending onto Ann and Hayden Walter's farm in Edmonson, the family called the local sheriff's department.

'They thanked me for informing them because a Nasa team was already trying to locate and retrieve their equipment', she wrote on Facebook. 'I was blown away by the comment'.

The space probe had originally launched from the Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility in New Mexico.

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