The International Space Station (ISS) has successfully escaped space debris thanks to the maneuvering engines of the Progress spacecraft docked with the station. TASS With reference to Roscosmos.
Russian Progress removed the ISS from space debris. At 16:42 Moscow time, the engines of the Progress MS-20 cargo ship were started: they worked for 620.6 seconds and gave a propulsion of 1 m/s. As a result, the average altitude of the station’s orbit was 417.97 km.
Dmitry Petelin, formerly Roscosmos cosmonaut and TASS special correspondent reportedSpacewalk of American astronauts has been cancelled.
According to him, the corresponding decision was made in connection with the threat of collision with space debris. Later this information approved at Roscosmos.