A dramatic recording from the International Space Station has captured the moment astronauts donned their spacesuits and scrambled to a re-entry craft after an unannounced Russian anti-satellite missile test sent a cloud of debris flying through space.
In audio recordings released late on Monday, Raja Chari, commander of Nasa’s Crew 3 mission, was heard going through the evacuation procedures with Mission Control in Houston as well as a possibility of a direct hit on the spacecraft.
“If that’s more than half an hour, then I think we’ll stay suited and potentially come back home if Dragon takes a hit,” Mr Chari was heard telling Mission Control, as his team were ordered to put on space suits and take shelter in their Crew Dragon re-entry craft while waiting for the debris to pass.
US Space Command said on Monday that Russia tested a direct-ascent anti-satellite (ASAT) missile, striking a defunct Soviet-era satellite and scattering more than 1,500 pieces of trackable orbital debris in low-Earth orbit.
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