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Dramatic moment astronauts have ‘close call’ with space junk hurtling towards them – 7NEWS.com.au
The astronauts were told to buckle up and prepare for a bumpy ride as a piece of space junk large enough to kill them whizzed by.
The astronauts on SpaceXs Crew-2 mission for NASA were told to buckle up and prepare for a bumpy ride on Friday as a piece of space junk large enough to kill them whizzed by.
As they were heading to the International Space Station after launching off in Florida, they were notified by the control board that a large piece of debris, possibly an old satellite, was uncomfortably close.
Watch the dramatic encounter in the video player below.
The astronauts desperately buckled in their seatbelts and waited…
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