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ISS successfully dodges ‘unknown piece of space debris’ – CNET
Space junk was coming too close for comfort to the International Space Station, so it got out of the way.
The ISS has to watch out for space junk.
NASA
With space junk piling up around our planet, the International Space Station needed to perform a last-minute avoidance maneuver Tuesday to steer clear of an “unknown piece of space debris expected to pass within several kilometers.”
Mission Control in Houston conducted the move at 2:19 p.m. PT using the Russian Progress resupply spacecraft docked to the ISS to help nudge the station out of harm’s way.
“Out of an abundance of caution, the Expedit…
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