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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: And still the Republicans fight... by aybiss · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is me logging in to tell you there is no such thing as cow-towing, but the idea of it happening in orbit cracks me up.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

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