From Gloves to Spatulas, Spacewalkers Lose the Strangest Things in Orbit; Some Can Be Risky
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin › September 15, 2006
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HOUSTON - It's a junkyard out there in space and sometimes astronauts accidentally contribute to the litter.
In 1965, the first American spacewalker, Ed White, lost a spare glove when he went outside for the first time. From that time on, astronauts have accidentally added some of the more unusual items to the 100,000 pieces of space trash that circle Earth.See the full content of this document
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From Gloves to Spatulas, Spacewalkers Lose the Strangest Things in Orbit; Some Can Be Risky
Last July, spacewalker Piers Sellers sheepishly reported that he lost a spatula. Nicknamed ''spatsat'' by space junk watchers, it returns to Earth in a fireball early next ...
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