There has been a lot of news this week about a UFO spotted by a NASA astronaut that was quickly identified. A similar event that took place on an Apollo mission has also been featured on a track on Daft Punk’s latest album.
The most recent event took place this past Monday, August 19. NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy radioed down to ground control that he spotted an unidentified object near the International Space Station. Russian ground controllers quickly identified the object as an antenna cover from the Zvezda service module.
Cassidy’s sighting was mentioned in the ISS status report for the day, but the reason for the media buzz is most likely the video NASA posted on YouTube of the object. They titled the video, “Unidentified object floating outside station? Sort of…”
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