An astronaut on the International Space Station loses his tool bag in space

A fatal error during the last spacewalk of astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS). On November 1, Americans Yasmine Moghibli and Loral O’Hara exited the International Space Station for six hours and 42 minutes to perform some repair operations. But during their mission, “Tool bag“It slipped from someone’s hands.”not on purpose“, NASA reports.

The white bag, which could not be recovered, is now floating in orbit near the International Space Station. “Mission Control analyzed the path of the instrument bag and determined that the risk of it coming into contact with the station was low, and that the crew on board was safe“These tools,” NASA confirmedThere was no need for the rest of the release», determined by the US Space Agency. The two planned tasks could be carried out without problems, but the third task – the removal of radio equipment – had to be postponed due to lack of time.

This is not the first time instruments have been lost while exiting the International Space Station. Indeed, in 2008, a bag containing two grease guns, a putty knife and gloves was also lost. NASA did not specify the content of what was missing on November 1. It has now been listed and tracked, like more than 35,000 other pieces of debris orbiting Earth, according to the European Space Agency (ESA).