Friday, June 13, 2003
Unidentified Object Seen Floating Outside International Space Station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - June 13, 2003 - NASA is trying to identify a small object spotted floating outside the International Space Station Thursday, according to a report.
Astronaut Ed Lu spotted the object outside the window of the U.S. laboratory and took pictures of it, Local 6 News partner Florida Today reported.
Ground controllers are analyzing Lu's photos but don't yet have enough information about the object's direction of travel to determine where it came from.
The object, which has moved out of sight, is likely from the station itself, according to the report.
NASA is reportedly asking U.S. Strategic Command to use its resources to gather more information about the object. Strategic Command was able to track a small object seen floating near Columbia shortly after the shuttle entered orbit on its last mission.
Ground controllers plan to transmit pictures of labels to Lu in hopes he can compare them with the object he saw and possibly identify it. Labels can be roughly the dimensions Lu described.
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