Space Station Maneuvers To Avoid Russian ASAT Debris

Mark Carreau June 17, 2022
Progress 81
The maneuver was powered by the Progress MS-20, pictured here approaching the ISS for docking on June 3.
Credit: NASA
HOUSTON—The International Space Station (ISS) executed a June 16 debris avoidance maneuver prompted by the predicted close approach of a fragment from last year’s Russian anti-satellite (ASAT) test. The 4 min., 34 sec. avoidance maneuver was carried out at 3:03 p.m. EDT, using thrusters on the...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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