ISS Dodges Orbital Debris, Crew-3 Set For Launch

Irene Klotz November 10, 2021
The returning SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts captured this image of the ISS after their Nov. 8 departure.
Credit: NASA TV
About 6 hr. ahead of when SpaceX was due to launch four new crewmembers to the International Space Station (ISS) on Nov. 10, Russia conducted a 361-sec. burn of the station’s core module to maneuver the outpost away from a potential conjunction with a piece of orbital debris from China’s 2007 ASAT...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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