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