Hatches closed on the ISS for close approach of space debris
An exciting morning for the ISS crew last Saturday as they had to shelter in their Soyuz spacecraft as a piece of space debris passed close-by. A few hours later, André posted an update in his blog:
“We heard on Friday that a piece of space debris would come close to the ISS and that too little data was available to perform evasive manoeuvres. The space debris turned out to be from an old Russian satellite. Its orbit was hard to predict but it would pass by us at a distance of approximately 10 kilometres. That means code red. We had to go to our safe house to wait and see if the debris would hit us…”
Read more in André’s blog post: Refuge in Soyuz due to space debris
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