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ISS Manoeuvres to Avoid Space Debris, in What’s Becoming the New Normal – Gizmodo Australia
Yesterday, NASA and Russian flight controllers performed an “avoidance manoeuvre” to protect the International Space Station from a wayward chunk of space debris. This episode — already the third of its kind this year — highlights a growing problem and the im…
Yesterday, NASA and Russian flight controllers performed an avoidance manoeuvre to protect the International Space Station from a wayward chunk of space debris. This episode already the third of its kind this year highlights a growing problem and the importance of mitigating potential collisions in space.
Low Earth orbit (LEO) is vast and mostly empty, but when you have thousands upon thousands of objects zipping around at speeds over 10 km per second, this space in space suddenly seems a lot s…
