Barry Sawchuk found a giant piece of suspected space debris, as shown in this handout image provided by Sawchuk, in the field of his farm located near Ituna, Sask.
, on Feb. 28, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Barry Sawchuk *MANDATORY CREDIT* Barry Sawchuk.The 66-year-old Saskatchewan farmer is much more focused on seeding.
“Not every day you go out in your field and find space junk,” Sawchuk said with a laugh from the front seat of his tractor. Looking at data, he determined that the farmer’s find was likely linked to a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft that had returned to Earth in February with four passengers from the International Space Station.
Lawler said the SpaceX Dragon is a capsule used to send people to the space station. Its trunk, an unpressurized cargo space, is attached to the capsule and provides power during the flight and while it’s on the station. The trunk is ejected before the ship enters the atmosphere, where it’s expected to burn up.Chunks of debris were found on farmland in Australia in 2022. The Australian Space Agency confirmed at the time that it was from a SpaceX mission.
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