Rubbish from a SpaceX rocket that re-entered the atmosphere last week was found on a homeowner’s property in Washington state, the Grant County sheriff said Friday.
The 5-foot-long, composite, overpacked pressure vessel comes from the Falcon 9 rocket’s ‘2nd phase that did not successfully have a deorbit combustion’, the National Weather Service said according to Q13 FOX in Seattle.
According to the sheriff’s office, the homeowner has no comment and wants to be left alone.
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The debris left a four-inch dip in the ground, but according to KOMO-TV in Seattle, no other damage was reported.
SpaceX has since recovered the pressure vessel, which according to KOMO would contain helium under pressure.
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The first phase of the Falcon 9 landed in Florida as planned, SpaceX said according to Q13 on Wednesday. The rocket sent Starlink satellites into orbit for internet access.