Space Junk Buzzes Station as Astronauts Sleep
Friday, November 6, 2009 - 23:07
in Astronomy & Space
A small chunk of space trash headed for 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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