Astronomy Down Under

Unintentional satellite

21 Dec at 13:54 by Wilson

Discovery has already separated from the ISS (and I didn’t write much about this mission…) and it’s heading home; before that, though, one of the astronauts managed to deploy an unintentional satellite into orbit: her camera. It broke free from its bracket and quietly floated away… The event is, of course, available from YouTube:

(for those reading the RSS feed, the video is here)