Space Junk Passes ISS At Safe Distance

A scheduled debris avoidance maneuver was cancelled after tracking data showed that an unknown piece of space debris would pass by the International Space Station (ISS) at a safe distance, NASA officials have announced. The decision to forgo the maneuver, which would have steered the ISS clear of the space junk’s path, was made by American and Russian flight controllers after they received updated tracking data revealing that the debris would miss the station by 1.7 miles — placing it “in the ‘green’ regime, a safe distance away from the complex, and much further from the station than previous tracking passes displayed,” the US space agency said in a statement. More

(Source: RedOrbit - Nov 18)