Nasa confirms space station debris hit US man’s home

This undated photo provided by Nasa shows a recovered chunk of space junk from equipment discarded at the International Space Station. The cylindrical object that tore through a home in Naples, Florida, on March 8, 2024, was subsequently taken to the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, for analysis. — Nasa via AP

WASHINGTON: An object that crashed from the sky into an American man’s home was a hunk of debris ejected from the International Space Station, Nasa confirmed on April 15.

The strange tale came to light last month when Alejandro Otero of Naples, Florida posted on X that a metallic item “tore through the roof and went (through) 2 floors” of his house, almost striking his son, on March 8.