#collision-avoidance

#collision-avoidance

In the vacuum of space, the amount of debris-spent rocket stages, splintered satellites, micrometeoroids- numbers in the millions, all zooming about, often at 17,000 mph speeds. They're also constantly hitting each other in a tsuris of exponential littering. Most of these pieces are tiny, and many are not anywhere near the altitude of the ISS. But the area isn't completely clean.

The pilot described the experience as not a fun day at work, stating that he needed to take aggressive action to avoid a B-52 bomber.