SpaceX retrieves space junk from farms near Ituna, Sask.
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Space junk that landed near Ituna, Sask. earlier this year was collected by SpaceX on Tuesday morning.
It was a moment made in history Tuesday morning.
Space junk that landed near Ituna, Sask. earlier this year was collected by SpaceX.
"It's very cool that this was in space,” said Samantha Lawler, an associate professor of astronomy at the University of Regina.
At least eight pieces from five different farms, all within a 30 mile radius, were collected by two SpaceX employees and loaded into a U-Haul truck.
Some of the pieces stood over six feet tall and weighed over 100 pounds.
Farmer Barry Sawchuk said the space junk that landed on his farm weighed 246 pounds.
The pieces are believed to be a part of the truck of SpaceX Dragon Capsule that launched on Feb. 9 with the debris then making landfall on Feb. 26.
