In this image taken from a video provided by Roman Puzhlyakov, debris from a SpaceX rocket burns the sky behind clouds over Vancouver, Wash. Thursday evening, March 25, 2021. The remnants of the second phase of the Falcon 9 rocket left comet-like according to a tweet from the National Weather Service, after it burned again into the Earth’s atmosphere. (Roman Puzhlyakov via AP)
A piece of burning rocket debris seen through the Northwest air in the Pacific Ocean last week crashed on a farm in eastern Washington state.
After the event on March 25, a farmer discovered an almost intact piece of rocket in a private field, reports The Tri-City Herald.
The 1.5-foot pressure vessel assembled for helium storage left a nearly 10-centimeter dive into the ground, said Grant County Sheriff’s spokesman Kyle Foreman. No one was hurt, he said.
The Seattle National Weather Service said the brightly reported objects in the air on March 25 were remnants of the second phase of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that left comet-like paths when they burned again to Earth’s atmosphere.
The farmer, who according to authorities said he did not want to be identified, suspected the rubbish may have come from the rocket and left a message with the sheriff over the weekend, Foreman said. Deputies responded to this on Monday and contacted SpaceX officials. SpaceX confirmed that it was part of the rocket and has been locating it ever since, Foreman said.
The Falcon 9 is a reusable two-stage rocket designed by SpaceX to transport people and payloads to Earth’s orbit and beyond, according to the SpaceX website. It is said that there were 111 launches and 71 landings.
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In this image taken from a video provided by Roman Puzhlyakov, debris from a SpaceX rocket burns the sky behind clouds over Vancouver, Wash. Thursday evening, March 25, 2021. The remnants of the second phase of the Falcon 9 rocket left comet-like according to a tweet from the National Weather Service, after it burned again into the Earth’s atmosphere. (Roman Puzhlyakov via AP)
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In this image taken from a video provided by Roman Puzhlyakov, debris from a SpaceX rocket burns the sky behind clouds over Vancouver, Wash. Thursday evening, March 25, 2021. The remnants of the second phase of the Falcon 9 rocket left comet-like according to a tweet from the National Weather Service, after it burned again into the Earth’s atmosphere. (Roman Puzhlyakov via AP)
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