The object was taken by NASA to be examined, and the space agency has now confirmed that it was indeed the remains of a 5800 pound cargo pallet of depleted nickel hydride batteries that was jettisoned from the International Space Station back in March of 2021. The hardware was expected to fully burn up during reentry through Earth's atmosphere on March 8 of 2024, NASA said in that statement. They continued, however, a piece of the hardware survived reentry and impacted a home in Naples, Florida