SpaceX to 'check out' outback space junk site, saying fall to Earth 'within expectations'

 A SpaceX representative says a team will travel to Australia after the recent discovery of a large piece of space junk on an outback property, saying the incident is "within the expected analysed space of what can happen".

Fragments of the SpaceX Dragon capsule were found in the NSW Snowy Mountains, after locals heard a loud bang on July 9, believed to be caused by the spacecraft re-entering Earth's atmosphere.

Addressing reporters during a live streamed media conference from NASA's Johnson Space Centre on August 4, senior director of the SpaceX Human Spaceflight Program Benjamin Reed acknowledged the incident.

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