US media: The International Space Station conducted maneuvers to avoid debris from a Chinese rocket! Without this maneuver, the debris might have passed within about 640 meters of the space station. According to an article published by Space News on May 2nd. The International Space Station (ISS) conducted an avoidance maneuver on April 30th to avoid encountering a piece of space debris. US media said that hardware from China's Changzheng rocket launched in 2005 approached the ISS, and mission operators planned to raise the orbit to increase the distance between the station and the debris. According to NASA's statement, this maneuver was pre-planned by NASA, the Russian space agency, and other international partners. The orbital boost burn was performed by the Progress-91 spacecraft docked with Russia's Zvezda module. The burn lasted for 3 minutes and 33 seconds, providing additional safety margins between the ISS and the approaching rocket debris. Without this boost, NASA estimated that the debris might have passed within 640 meters of the ISS. Progress-91 is berthed at the aft port of the Russian Zvezda module. The cargo spacecraft was launched from Russia's launch site in Kazakhstan to the ISS on February 27th and docked with the station two days later. TASS confirmed that the engines aboard the ship boosted the ISS by 0.3 m/s, raising it by 540 meters. After the evasion maneuver, the average orbital altitude was 418.74 km. However, TASS did not mention that it was to avoid debris from the Chinese rocket. [Image URL] [Image URL] Original source: https://www.toutiao.com/article/1830960385811459/ Disclaimer: This article represents the personal views of the author.