A spacewalking astronaut has added to the pieces of rubbish orbiting the Earth, losing a small mirror as soon as he stepped out of the International Space Station for battery work. Commander Chris Cassidy said the mirror floated away at about a foot per second. pic.twitter.com/XcVAVmcg5T — Bob Behnken (@AstroBehnken) June 26, 2020Mr Cassidy and Mr Behnken have six more to plug in before the job is complete. Their spacewalks are expected to continue through July before Mr Behnken returns to Earth in August aboard a SpaceX Dragon capsule. Mr Behnken and Doug Hurley made history at the end of May with SpaceX’s first astronaut launch.

Source: Irish Independent June 26, 2020 12:22 UTC