Space station dodges debris

On October 24, the International Space Station (ISS) performed a maneuver to avoid a collision with space junk. The junk was a small piece of a destroyed Russian satellite. The ISS orbits about 250 miles above Earth. It is a joint project of 15 countries, including the US, where astronauts carry out space-based missions and research. The debris came from a satellite called Cosmos 1408. Russia intentionally destroyed it in 2021, creating about 1,500 pieces of debris. If the ISS had not moved, it would have come within three miles of a piece of debris, which could have damaged the ship and put the astronauts on board at risk. NASA (the US space agency) said a series of thrusters were fired on the ISS for five minutes and five seconds,…

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