SpaceX retrieves debris found by farmers

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Authorities said a piece of burning rocket fragments were seen streaking across the Pacific Northwest sky last week and crashed on a farm in eastern Washington state. After the events of March 25, a farmer found an almost intact rocket in a private field. Three Cities Pioneer report. Grant County Sheriff’s spokesperson Kyle Foreman said the approximately 5-foot-long composite-wrapped pressure vessel used to store helium left a nearly 4-inch dent on the ground. No one is hurt. The Seattle National Weather Service stated that the bright objects that were widely reported in the sky on March 25 were the remnants of the second phase of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, and when they returned to the Earth’s atmosphere they burned and left traces like comets.

The official said the farmer, who asked not to be named, suspected that the debris might have come from the rocket, and left a message to the sheriff̵

7;s office over the weekend. The Associated Press reported that representatives responded on Monday and contacted SpaceX officials. Foreman said that SpaceX confirmed that it was part of the rocket and has retrieved it. According to the SpaceX website, Falcon 9 is a reusable two-stage rocket designed by SpaceX to transport personnel and payloads to the orbit of the earth and beyond. It said there were 111 launches and 71 landings.

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