Space Station Maneuvers to Dodge Chinese Rocket Debris

Quick Summary:

• On April 30, the International Space Station (ISS) performed an orbital boost to avoid debris from a Chinese long March rocket launched in 2005.
• NASA, Roscosmos (Russian space agency), and other international partners coordinated the maneuver using thrusters on Russia’s Progress 91 spacecraft docked at the Zvezda module.
• The thrusters fired for 3 minutes and 33 seconds, ensuring safe clearance of approximately 0.64 kilometers from the hazardous debris.
• This avoidance burn marked the ISS’s 41st orbital maneuver against space debris since its inception in 1999.
• Spacewalk activities conducted by NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers earlier in the day were unaffected by this maneuver.

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