Space junk is threatening the seven astronauts aboard the International Space Station and interrupting their work.
on Monday, forcing them to seek shelter in their docked capsules and disrupting their work.said it was tracking a field of orbiting debris, the apparent result of a satellite breakup. The situation had the debris coming uncomfortably close to the space station on subsequent orbits, and required the astronauts to close and then reopen several compartments, including the European lab, every 1½ hours until bedtime.
, who’s midway through a yearlong mission, called it “a crazy but well-coordinated day” as he bid Mission Control good night.“It was certainly a great way to bond as a crew, starting off with our very first work day in space,” he said. Earlier in the day, the Russian Space Agency said via Twitter that the astronauts were ordered into their docked capsules, in case they had to make a quick getaway. Later, the crew was “routinely performing operations,” the agency noted.
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