{"id":23268,"date":"2020-09-24T19:26:18","date_gmt":"2020-09-24T11:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/the-iss-maneuvered-to-avoid-a-piece-of-unknown-space-debris\/"},"modified":"2020-09-24T19:26:18","modified_gmt":"2020-09-24T11:26:18","slug":"the-iss-maneuvered-to-avoid-a-piece-of-unknown-space-debris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/the-iss-maneuvered-to-avoid-a-piece-of-unknown-space-debris\/","title":{"rendered":"The ISS maneuvered to avoid a piece of \u2018unknown space debris\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Yesterday afternoon NASA disclosed that they had detected a \u2018piece of unknown space debris\u2019 that was going to come in close proximity to the International Space Station. Later that day at 5:19 p.m. EDT, the ISS performed a 150-second reboost that took it safely outside the object\u2019s trajectory. This maneuver was done using thrusters on an uncrewed cargo ship that was attached to the ISS.<\/p>\n

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NASA stated that the astronauts aboard the ISS were never in any actual danger and that the avoidance maneuver was done as a precautionary measure. Part of this procedure included having the three Expedition 63 crew members move into the Russian portion of the ISS. This was done so that the crew would be closer to the Russian Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft in the unlikely case that the situation escalated.<\/p>\n

If the ISS had not moved out of the unknown object\u2019s trajectory, NASA estimates that it would have come within .86 miles of the station. Unfortunately, situations similar to this aren\u2019t something new to the ISS crew. The station has been struck by small pieces of space debris in the past and maneuvers to avoid them quite frequently.<\/p>\n

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The station boosted its orbit out of the way of an unknown piece of space debris today after a docked resupply ship fired its engines at 5:19pm ET. The Exp 63 crew has resumed normal activities. More\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/LWOgLdshbQ pic.twitter.com\/xoYwCyQDsS<\/p>\n

\u2014 International Space Station (@Space_Station) September 22, 2020<\/p><\/blockquote>\n