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[i]The discovery of Dragon trunk debris from the [URL=https://www.wmtw.com/article/mysterious-object-found-north-carolina-mountains/60900250]Crew-7 mission in North Carolina[/URL], following debris from the [URL=https://thestarphoenix.com/pmn/news-pmn/canada-news-pmn/it-came-from-the-sky-saskatchewan-farmer-finds-hunk-of-space-junk-in-field/wcm/de968077-ab46-4e1c-82be-c6255adaba91]Ax- 3 trunk in Saskatchewan[/URL] and from the Crew-1 trunk in Australia, makes it clear that the materials from the trunk regularly survive reentry in large chunks. Twenty-three (23) Dragon-2 (crew or cargo) trunks have now made uncontrolled reentries. The time and location of three of the reentries is uncertain by an hour or more. For the remaining 20, ten came in over the ocean. Five crashed in remote regions in Brazil, Uganda, Sudan, and Arabia. Of the remaining five, three have had large debris chunks found on the ground. The remaining two are Crew-2 (Kazakh-Russian border near the Yasniy spaceport, 2022 Sep 28) and Crew-5 (east of Colorado Springs, 2023 Apr 27). There's a chance debris from the Crew-5 trunk could still be found in Colorado along the reentry path, or could have been found but not widely reported.[/i] [i][b]Above[/b]: Suspected SpaceX Dragon trunk debris from the Ax-3 mission as found in Saskatchewan, Canada.[/i] (Adam Bent/CBC) [i][b]Above[/b]: Suspected SpaceX Dragon trunk debris from the Crew-7 mission as found in North Carolina.[/i] (Marc Liverman/WLOS)
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