#NASA # #Raumstation #ISS

".. Station conducted a Pre-Determined #Debris Avoidance Maneuver (#PDAM) today, Dec. 21, at 8:42 a.m. EST. The decision to conduct the maneuver was based on tracking data .. close approach to station of a fragment of Russian #FregatSB #upperstage debris."

".. Progress 81 thrusters fired for 10 min. 21 sec. .."

"Without the maneuver .. the debris could have passed less than a quarter of a mile from the station"

https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2022/12/21/space-station-maneuvers-to-avoid-debris-after-conjunction-postpones-spacewalk/

#Raumfahrt 21.12.2022