3 Jul 2020 19:44

ISS dodges space debris - Roscosmos

MOSCOW. July 3 (Interfax) - The mission control center carried out an unscheduled orbital maneuver on the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday to avoid a collision with space debris, the Roscosmos state corporation stated.

"The mission control center, of TsNIImash (part of Roscosmos), conducted an unscheduled orbital correction of the ISS at 6:53 p.m. Moscow time on July 3, 2020, to avoid a possible collision with space debris. All operations passed normally, fully in accordance with the calculations of the Russian ballistic service specialists," the statement reads.