February 20, 2006

Suit Sat 1

On February 3rd, 2006 the crew of the International Space Station pushed a Russian space suit out of an airlock. It was filled with batteries, radio transmitters, and some diagnostic instruments.

They called it SuitSat 1:

People all over the world then tracked the floating man-made satellite.

Posted by clunky at February 20, 2006 10:16 PM
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