2.9-ton battery pallet becomes largest object discharged from space station

A pallet of batteries was released from the International Space Station, becoming the heaviest single piece of junk ever jettisoned from the station. Mission controllers in Houston commanded the Canadarm2 robotic arm to release an external pallet loaded with the 2.9 tons of nickel-hydrogen batteries into Earth's orbit Thursday morning. More

(Source: UPI.com - Mar 16)