Extreme Maintenance: Tools Lost in Space

While cleaning a weightless grease spill during a spacewalk, astronaut Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper turned a tool bag into an asteroid.

Apr 7, 2010

While cleaning a weightless grease spill during a spacewalk, astronaut Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper turned a tool bag into an asteroid.

Heidmarie explains what went wrong here.

A backyard astronomer catches a glimpse of the orbiting tool bag here.

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