NASA Coolant Tank Comes Back to Earth and Almost Bombs Australia

A retired coolant tank put into space by the ISS and NASA has unexpectedly reentered the Earth’s atmosphere off the coast of Australia. Luckily, the 1400lb tank came back over water and the atmosphere broke it into tiny pieces. No pieces larger than 15lbs are believed to have made it back intact.

NASA threw the tank overboard during a shuttle mission when it was deemed too volatile to bring back to Earth. Scientists believed the tank would find a way back into our atmosphere sometime in November so this comes as no surprise.