Space Junk insurance against the international space station astronauts in spacecraft hedge (photos)

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Information: international space station. Red circle section for astronauts hedge of Russia spacecraft

　　

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World Science report [tech.]: it has been reported in the United States space network, NASA, the local time to March 12, a space junk fragments approaching the international space station, just in case, the international space station on three astronauts had moved to Russia "Union" spacecraft refuge. Fortunately, this is just a false alarm.

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United States Eastern time, 12, 12: 35 p.m. (Beijing time 13, 0: 35 p.m.), for the prevention of space debris hit the international space station, in the cabin forced open a big hole, the orbital laboratory's three astronauts and ISS quickly transferred to the joint of Russia Union TMA-13 spacecraft. If the space debris, unfortunately, ran into the international space station, so that the pressure of its living space, astronauts will dip to withdrawal from the space station.

According to NASA officials, as NASA is in the evening to get space debris may hit the notification, the international space station flight control personnel was too late for tactical operations, to point to the space station propeller made away from space debris. Fortunately, space debris from distance ground 220 miles (about 354 km) high air strikes to did not hit this cost $ 100 billion in orbital laboratory.

NASA mission control center in Houston's Johnson Space Center notifies the international space station astronaut said: "we haven't hit the space station on debris are delighted. This is great news. "NASA spokesman Blandy · Dean (Brandi Dean) accept space network interview indicated that the astronauts in the withdrawal did not completely close the" Alliance ", and the hatch between the international space station, if need be they stand ready to do so.

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