UFO spotted near ​Internation​al Space Station

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=adata/theworld/2006/June/theworld_June853.xml&section=theworld

It is not on any list of of known space debris. Considering that it is possible to find and track every bit of debris floating in space using a radar scan, that would mean that it suddenly appeared there.

I wonder if the Shuttle Discovery will do a fly-by to see what it is after it launches on July 1st.

Shining Arcanine wrote:

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=adata/theworld/2006/June/theworld_June853.xml&section=theworld

It is not on any list of of known space debris. Considering that it is possible to find and track every bit of debris floating in space using a radar scan, that would mean that it suddenly appeared there.

I wonder if the Shuttle Discovery will do a fly-by to see what it is after it launches on July 1st.

This is weird...also...

I just read an article that there is an asteroid some 1,500 to 3,000 feet across that will pass by Earth on July 3rd...at 1.1 times the distance of the Earth to the moon.



http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20060626/sc_space/hugeasteroidtoflypastearthjuly3

Of course, if you throw this together with the Israelis getting ready to rescue a kidnapped soldier with an invasion (and one of the militant groups threatening a chemical weapons response), on top of Iran rejecting nuclear talks...it should be an *interesting* week.

Shining Arcanine wrote:

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=adata/theworld/2006/June/theworld_June853.xml&section=theworld

It is not on any list of of known space debris. Considering that it is possible to find and track every bit of debris floating in space using a radar scan, that would mean that it suddenly appeared there.

I wonder if the Shuttle Discovery will do a fly-by to see what it is after it launches on July 1st.

It's debris.

Doesn't the debris in space travel very, very fast?

I remember hearing that a flake of paint in space would travel fast enough to penetrate very thick metal (I have forgotten the eaxct details on how thick, and what metal). A large piece of debris like the one described in the link W3bbo gave would be extremely dangerous, especially since it is going to be so close to the ISS.

Angus Higgins

W3bbo wrote:



Shining Arcanine wrote:http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=adata/theworld/2006/June/theworld_June853.xml&section=theworld It is not on any list of of known space debris. Considering that it is possible to find and track every bit of debris floating in space using a radar scan, that would mean that it suddenly appeared there. I wonder if the Shuttle Discovery will do a fly-by to see what it is after it launches on July 1st.

It's debris.

http://news.google.com/news?q=Unidentified%20floating%20object%20near%20International%20Space%20Station...&oe=UTF-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=fn

The original article and title were changed. The original title was "Unidentified floating object near International Space Station" and the article began "MOSCOW - An unknown floating object close to the International Space Station ISS has concerned ground control, according to reports from the US Space Agency ..." as is shown by Google.

One question, why were the article and title changed when the news site should have posted an update citing that it was a mistake? It is strange.

Jamie, LOL. All your ISS are belong to us.

TommyCarlier wrote:

Jamie, LOL. All your ISS are belong to us.

No... the C9 guy is going to dock with the space-station and rename is the IIS instead.