Space debris found in North Carolina came from SpaceX capsule, NASA says
A large chunk of space debris discovered last month in North Carolina came from a SpaceX capsule that had journeyed to the space station, NASA has confirmed.
A large chunk of space debris that was discovered last month on a mountain trail in North Carolina came from a SpaceX capsule that had journeyed to the International Space Station, NASA has confirmed.
The slab of debris was found in late May by an employee of The Glamping Collective, a luxury mountaintop resort in Haywood County, near Asheville.
“It was kind of wicked looking,” said Justin Clontz, who performs ground maintenance for the collective and found the slab.
Now, NASA says, the roughly 3-foot piece came from the “trunk” or service module of a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule that carried four astronauts home to Earth from the International Space Station on March 12.
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