00:00When astronauts are conducting spacewalks, they take special care not to float away into the black,
00:09an eventuality they might never return from.
00:11They take similar precautions with their tools.
00:13However, during a recent mission, two astronauts inadvertently lost a bag of tools,
00:18and now that bag is orbiting Earth.
00:20This is an image of that very tool bag as it floats off on its own
00:24after U.S. astronauts Jasmine Mogbelli and Laurel O'Hara accidentally let it go.
00:29But that's not the end of the story.
00:31The bag has now been given its own satellite catalog number,
00:34and it can even be seen from the ground.
00:36Any amateurs who want to find it in the sky will at least need a pair of binoculars.
00:39But the bag now shines with the same brightness as a sixth magnitude star,
00:43or the faintest ones in the sky.
00:45That's largely because the bag is white and covered in a reflective coating,
00:49a necessity for when astronauts are performing work on the night side of the Earth.
00:53Luckily, the bag isn't expected to become an issue for the ISS astronauts.
00:56Despite having started its lone journey so close to the space station,
01:00still the bag's orbit will decay,
01:02and it will eventually enter our atmosphere where it's expected to burn up entirely upon reentry.
01:06However, this isn't the first item or even the first tool bag that has entered its own planetary orbit either.
01:12Back in 2008, this exact same thing happened.
01:15With that $100,000 tool bag burning up when it entered our atmosphere,
01:19nine months after it was lost.
01:21And then we'll see you soon.
01:22We'll see you soon.
01:23Let's see you soon at the Encharted 4 at 10.
01:24We'll see you soon.
01:25Bye.
01:26Bye.
01:27Bye.
01:28Bye.
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