NASA Video Shows SpaceX Crew Dragon Spacecraft Narrowly Missed By A Few Yards An 'Unknown' Object In Space Hours After Launching from Florida

 

Daily Mail: Moment SpaceX rocket with four astronauts on board narrowly misses space debris en route to the International Space Station as the crew is told to strap in their seats to prepare for a possible impact 

* The four astronauts aboard the SpaceX capsule nearly missed debris while heading to the ISS 

 * The space junk encounter was reported at 1:43pm ET, 20 minutes before a possible impact 

* SpaceX radioed the crew, telling them to put their suits on, lower their visors and get back in their seats 

* The capsule passed safely by the debris without the need of an emergency maneuver 

* Four astronauts from three different space agencies have safely docked at the the International Space Station 

* The Dragon capsule was the first SpaceX vehicle used to carry crews which had flown in a previous mission 

* Agency later said that the object was 45 kilometers away and did not pose a threat to the astronauts 

 * New arrivals will spend six months orbiting Earth, the current incumbents will return to the planet Wednesday 

The four astronauts on board the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft narrowly missed an 'unknown' object in space hours after launching from Florida, NASA revealed in a video. 

The space junk encounter, known as a conjunction, was reported at 1:43pm ET Friday while the crew was preparing to sleep inside the recycled Dragon Crew Capsule as they traveled to the International Space Station (ISS). 

 'For awareness, we have identified a late-breaking possible conjunction with a fairly close miss distance to Dragon,' SpaceX's Sarah Gilles told the astronauts.  

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