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Credit & Copyright: ISS Expedition 12 Crew,
NASA
Explanation:
A spacesuit floated away from the
International Space Station 15 years ago,
but no investigation was conducted.
Everyone knew that it was pushed by the
space station crew.
Dubbed
Suitsat-1, the unneeded Russian Orlan spacesuit filled mostly
with
old
clothes
was fitted with a faint
radio transmitter
and released to orbit the Earth.
The suit
circled the Earth twice before its
radio signal became unexpectedly weak.
Suitsat-1 continued to orbit every 90 minutes
until it burned up in the
Earth's atmosphere after a few weeks.
Pictured, the lifeless spacesuit was photographed in 2006 just as it
drifted away
from
space station.
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NASA Official: Jay Norris. Specific rights apply.
A service of: LHEA at NASA / GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
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