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Astronauts Forced To Take Shelter From Space Junk

Posted by samzenpus on from the duck-and-cover dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Three astronauts living at the International Space Station were forced to scramble to safety Thursday after a "close pass" by flying Russian space debris. The men decamped into the Soyuz spacecraft, which is attached to the orbiting station, while a chunk of an old Russian weather satellite passed 1.5 miles away. Flight engineer Scott Kelly tweeted: "Happy there was no impact. Great coordination with international ground teams. Excellent training."

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  1. Re:Three Astronauts? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    Yes. 3 more launch on 22nd of July.

  2. Re:And still the Republicans fight... by Shortguy881 · · Score: 3, Informative

    Having been to the facilities that track space junk, I can say you have no idea what you are talking about. They contain some of the worlds most advanced equipment.

    And not that I really care much about partisan politics, but the facilities are military with year over year increasing budgets. Military spending is typically associated with the republican party.

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