ISS Swerves to Avoid Collision With Earth-Imaging Satellite
NASA astronaut Nicole Mann looking through the window of the ISS.Image: NASAEarlier this week, the International Space Station was forced to adjust its orbit to avoid an encroaching commercial satellite. The object is likely one of many Earth-observing satellites that are falling into and aligning with the space station’s orbital path, according to experts. On Monday, the Progress 83 resupply ship that’s docked to the space station fired its engines for just over six minutes, slightly raising the orbit of the ISS in order…