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Space Debris Risks Colliding With Orbital Station [1]

Six astronauts were forced to take refuge aboard the International Space Station's "lifeboat" crafts on Tuesday, bracing for the threat of a collision with floating space debris, the Russian space agency said.

"A situation arose linked to unidentified 'space trash' passing very close to the space station.

Publication Date: 
30/06/2011
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