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Unidentified space debris narrowly misses ISS
Tuesday June 28, 2011 08:18:15 PM,
IANS
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Moscow:
A piece of unidentified debris narrowly missed the International
Space Station (ISS) Tuesday while the crew evacuated into two
Soyuz spacecraft to avoid a possible collision, an official said.
Russian mission control centre spokesman Valery Lyndin said the
ISS was informed too late about the dangerous approaching of the
space debris.
"So, the six crew members took refuge in the Soyuz spaceships
latched on the ISS," Xinhua quoted Lyndin as telling Itar-Tass.
The piece of space junk missed the ISS by just 250 metres. The
crew members later returned to their daily routine, the spokesman
said.
There had been similar situations onboard the Mir orbiting station
as well as on the ISS. The 18th ISS crew had the first-ever
evacuation in March 2009 for fear of collision with space debris,
Lyndin said.
Many debris, including satellites with expired lives, spent rocket
stages, booster units and other fragments, are orbiting the earth.
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