Nasa confirms metal chunk that crashed into Florida home was space junk

Nasa confirmed that space debris that fell into a Florida man's home was from the International Space Station. Photograph: Nasa

A heavy chunk of metal that crashed through the roof of a Florida home is, in fact, space junk, Nasa has confirmed.

The federal space agency said that a cylinder slab that tore through a house in Naples, Florida, last month was debris from a cargo pallet released from the international space station in 2021, according to a Nasa blogpost.