The tool bag, which is valued at about $100,000, is now orbiting earth just ahead of the space station and is so bright that stargazers can catch a glimpse of the runaway gear using just binoculars.

The white, satchel-like tool bag slipped away from two astronauts during a rare, all-female spacewalk Nov. 1 as they performed maintenance on the International Space Station, according to social ...

While the tool bag is not a threat to the space station, it is now flying through space. Like all orbiters, the tool bag has been labeled: 1998-067WC/58229.

The white tool bag can be seen with binoculars. Just look for the International Space Station in the night sky — the tools should be floating just ahead of the station.

This isn’t the first time an astronaut has lost tools in space.In 2008, Heide Stefanyshyn-Piper’s bag floated away while she was cleaning and lubricating gears on a malfunctioning rotary joint.

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A tool baglost by a spacewalking astronaut last year met its fiery demise in Earth?satmosphere Monday after months circling ever closer to the planet. The$100,000 tool bag plunged toward Earth and ...