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ISS dodges to avoid space debris
Houston, USA - A fragment of a Russian satellite was expected to pass close to the orbiting laboratory
During the past hours NASA, the American space agency, communicated that playing it conservatively, flight controllers conducted a Pre-Determined Debris Avoidance Maneuver (PDAM) during the night between Sunday 16 and Monday 17 March 2014 to provide a healthy margin of clearance from the projected path of a piece of Russian METEOR 2-5 satellite debris that was calculated earlier in the day to approach...
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1159077
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency