2.6 tons of batteries and the pallet they were mounted on were supposed to burn up in the atmosphere. Not all of it did, and Alejandro Otero's house was hit with a 0.7 kg nickel-chromium cylinder from space.
https://www.space.com/object-crash-florida-home-iss-space-junk-nasa-confirms
Object that slammed into Florida home was indeed space junk from ISS, NASA confirms
It was part of a pallet jettisoned along with 5,800 pounds of aging batteries back in March 2021.Mike Wall (Space)
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Hereβs a clip from the sound of it crashing into my roof"
https://nitter.privacydev.net/Alejandro0tero/status/1768808093876425171#m
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