【科技】美一居民遭太空袭击, NASA承认这是国际空间站太空垃圾_风闻

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NASA confirms International Space Station obxt crashed through home in Naples, Florida

LEAH SARNOFF

Tue, April 16, 2024, 1:06 PM PDT·3 min read

NASA证实，国际空间站物体砸穿佛罗里达州那不勒斯一民屋

A man in Naples, Florida, now has answers, over a month after a space obxt crashed through the roof of his home.

NASA confirmed in a press release that the obxt was part of a cargo pallet containing aging nickel hydride batteries from the International Space Station.

Specifically, NASA said the obxt was “a stanchion from the NASA flight support equipment used to mount the batteries on the cargo pallet.”

一个多月前，一太空物体洞穿了他家屋顶。佛罗里达州那不勒斯的一名男子现在有了答案

美国国家航空航天局在一份新闻稿中证实，该物体是国际空间站装载旧镍氢电池的货物托盘的一部分。

美国宇航局表示，具体来说，该太空物体是“美国宇航局飞行设备支撑柱，用于将电池固定在货物托盘上。”

“In March 2021, NASA ground controllers used the International Space Station’s robotic arm to release a cargo pallet containing aging nickel hydride batteries from the space station following the delivery and installation of new lithium-ion batteries as part of power upgrades on the orbital outpost,” the agency said, noting, “The total mass of the hardware released from space station was about 5,800 pounds.”

NASA表示:“2021年3月，NASA地面控制人员在操纵国际空间站机械臂时不慎释放出一个装有老旧镍氢电池的货物托盘，此前，作为前哨轨道电力升级的一部分，新式锂离子电池已经交付并安装完毕。”NASA指出，“从空间站释放出的硬件总质量约为5800磅（注：约2.6吨）。”

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After examination, NASA said it assessed the obxt is made of the metal alloy Inconel, weighs 1.6 pounds, and is four inches in height and 1.6 inches in diameter.

NASA said the cargo pallet was expected to “fully burn up” while entering Earth’s atmosphere, according to the press release.

美国宇航局表示，经检查，该物体是有金属铬镍铁合金制成，重1.6磅，高4英寸，直径1.6英寸（重0.4公斤，高10厘米，直径4厘米）。根据新闻稿，美国宇航局表示，预计货物托盘再入地球大气层时应“完全燃烧”。

However, the stanchion impacted the roof of Alejandro Otero’s home in Naples, Florida on March 8, Otero confirmed to ABC News at the time, after sharing several photos of the damage on X.

Otero said in March 15 post that the apparent space obxt “tore through the roof” and went through two floors of his home, and that the obxt “almost hit my son.”

遭遇此次事件的是佛罗里达州那不勒斯的一名房主，亚历杭德罗·奥特罗。他分享了据称洞穿他家屋顶的柱形太空物体照片。奥特罗在推特上分享了几张房屋受损情况的照片后，遂向ABC新闻证实了这一点。

奥特罗在3月15日的帖子中说，很明显，这个太空物体“洞穿”他家两层楼的屋顶，该物体还“差点砸到了我的儿子”。

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In a statement to ABC News on April 2, NASA said the agency “collected an item in cooperation with the homeowner, and will analyze the obxt at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida as soon as possible to determine its origin,” adding then that “More information will be available once the analysis is complete.”

In an April interview with WINK-TV in Ft. Myers, Florida, Otero said he was on vacation when the incident took place but that his son was home and called him about the damage, saying, “Something ripped through the house and then made a big hole on the floor and on the ceiling.”

NASA在4月2日发给ABC新闻的一份声明中表示，该机构“在房屋主人的协助下回收了该物体，NASA将尽快在佛罗里达州的美国宇航局肯尼迪航天中心对该物品进行分析，以确定其来源”，“一旦分析完成，将提供更多信息。”NASA补充道

今年4月，奥特罗在佛罗里达州迈尔斯堡接受WINKTV采访时说，意外发生时他正在度假，当时他的儿子正在家，是儿子打电话告诉他家里房子受损情况的，他说:“有东西把房子砸穿了，地板和天花板都砸了一个大洞。”

“When we heard that, we were like, impossible, and then immediately I thought a meteorite,” Otero told WINK.

“It used to have a cylindrical shape, and you can tell by the shape of the top that it traveled in this direction through the atmosphere. Whatever you burned, created in this burn, and melted the metal over in this direction,” Otero told WINK.

“当我们听到这个消息时，觉得不可能，但我随即就联想到了陨石，”奥特罗向WINK说道。

“该物体之前应该是圆柱形的，你可以从其顶部形状就可推测出它在大气层中的飞行姿态。物体是怎么燃烧的，燃烧过程如何，无论怎样，它一定是在这个方向上先融化的，”奥特罗告诉WINK。

“I was shaking. I was completely in disbelief,” Otero told WINK about his reaction upon arriving at his home and seeing the impact damage. “What are the chances of something landing on my house with such force to cause so much damage?” he said, adding, “I’m super grateful that nobody got hurt.”

In response to the damage the stanchion did to Otero’s home, NASA said in the release, “NASA remains committed to responsibly operating in low Earth orbit, and mitigating as much risk as possible to protect people on Earth when space hardware must be released.”

奥特罗向WINK说到，我现在（后怕的）发抖。觉得太不可思议”。当他回家后看到房屋损坏情况时。他说:“究竟是什么东西能对我家房子造成如此巨大破坏力?”他补充说，“万幸没人受到伤害。”

NASA在声明中回应了奥特罗住宅受损问题，“美国宇航局始终承诺近地轨道安全操作，并太空释放硬件设备时尽可能减少风险，以保护地球上的居民。”