Waspie_Dwarf Posted March 17, 2014 #1 Share Posted March 17, 2014 (edited) Station Debris Avoidance Maneuver Conducted Playing it conservatively, flight controllers conducted a Pre-Determined Debris Avoidance Maneuver (PDAM) Sunday night at 9:37 p.m.EDT 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 the neighborhood of the International Space Station. The Russian satellite was launched in late October 1979.Read more... Edited April 3, 2014 by Waspie_Dwarf added tags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted March 18, 2014 Author #2 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Station Crew Off-Duty After Weekend TV Events, Debris Avoidance Manuever The three-person Expedition 39 crew enjoyed a mostly off-duty day Monday following a weekend supporting a world-wide, live television broadcast aboard the International Space Station and an overnight, ground-commanded maneuver to steer the complex clear of some orbital debris.Commander Koichi Wakata and Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio welcomed the National Geographic Channel aboard the station Friday for a two-hour live broadcast to discuss living and working in space. A follow-up event with U.K.’s Channel 4 on Sunday rounded out the astronauts’ weekend in the international television spotlight. Read more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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