Object that slammed into Florida home was indeed space junk from ISS, NASA confirms

A pallet of silvery batteries is seen in space against the blue ocean of Earth, with a white robotic arm to its right.

The mysterious object that crashed through the roof of a Florida home last month did indeed come from the International Space Station (ISS), NASA has confirmed.

That home, in the seaside city of Naples, belongs to Alejandro Otero. Shortly after the March 8 incident, Otero said he thought the offending object was part of a cargo pallet packed with 5,800 pounds (2,630 kilograms) of aging batteries jettisoned from the ISS in March 2021.