The station is preparing to avoid a piece of unknown space debris being tracked by NASA mission controllers and U.S. Space Command. The crew has relocated to its Soyuz crew ship. The time of closest approach is 6:21 p.m. EDT.
Station Crew Preps for Space Debris Avoidance Maneuver The International Space Station is pictured orbiting Earth in October of 2018. Flight controllers in Mission Control Houston, with assistance from U.S. Space Command, are tracking an unknown piece of space debris expected to pass within several....