Astronauts take cover as defunct Russian satellite splits into nearly 200 pieces
by Reuters from Science | The Guardian on (#6NV30)
The six US astronauts aboard International Space Station rush to their spacecrafts in case of emergency departure
A defunct Russian satellite has broken up into nearly 200 pieces of debris in orbit, forcing astronauts on the International Space Station to take shelter for about an hour and adding to the mass of space junk already in orbit, US space agencies said.
There were no immediate details on what caused the breakup of the Resurs-P1 Russian Earth observation satellite, which Russia declared dead in 2022.
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