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Space Junk Buzzes Station as Astronauts Sleep (SPACE.com)
Nov 6, 2009

In this image provided by NASA, the Russian segment of the international space station is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 18 crewmember during a spacewalk Tuesday March 10, 2009.SPACE.com - A small chunk of space trash made an uncomfortably close pass by the International Space Station late Friday, but not close enough to force the astronauts aboard to take shelter in their Russian lifeboats.


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Posted: Friday November 6, 2009, 8:02 pm
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