• An amateur stargazer in Canada claims he captured video of a NASA tool bag lost by astronaut Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper on November 18, 2008. Kevin Fetter filmed the $100,000 bag of tools streaking across the sky from his backyard in Brockville, Ontario. Fetter used a high-powered telescope to find the bag and videotape it. He then posted his video on YouTube.FOX News: Astronaut's Lost Toolbag Visible From Earth

• Fast Facts

  1. Bag of tools lost by astronaut Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper spotted over CanadaFOX News: Astronaut's Lost Toolbag Visible From Earth
  2. Amateur astronomer Kevin Fetter shot video of bag from his backyard in OntarioFOX News: Astronaut's Lost Toolbag Visible From Earth
  3. Brief video shows a fast-moving bright object streaking across the night sky
  4. Tool bag floated away from Stefanyshyn-Piper on November 18, 2008FOX News: Astronaut's Lost Toolbag Visible From Earth
  5. Fetter filmed what he believed was the bag on the night of November 22, 2008Canada.com: Amateur Ont. astronomer claims to film lost NASA tool bag in space
  6. Stefanyshyn-Piper was making repairs outside the International Space Station when the bag was lostFOX News: Astronaut's Lost Toolbag Visible From Earth
  7. Value of tool bag estimated at $100,000FOX News: Astronaut's Lost Toolbag Visible From Earth
  8. Tool bag is about the size of a backpack; orbiting about 250 miles above EarthTimes Online: Mission impossible? Stargazers seek astronaut's lost toolkit
  9. Traveling at about 15,000 miles per hourTimes Online: Mission impossible? Stargazers seek astronaut's lost toolkit
  10. Bag was expected to be visible over parts of Britain through Saturday, November 29, 2008Times Online: Mission impossible? Stargazers seek astronaut's lost toolkit
  11. Experts say bag will appear to be a faint, tiny starTimes Online: Mission impossible? Stargazers seek astronaut's lost toolkit

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