International Space Station swerves to avoid American space junk – Russia

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The International Space Station (ISS) was forced to adjust its orbit on Friday to avoid space debris left over from a US spacecraft, the head of Russia’s space program announced.

The potential hazard was identified as a fragment from an American rocket launched in 1994, Dmitry Rogozin, the general director of Roscosmos, said at an appearance at the ‘Space Integration’ forum of the Eurasian Economic Union.

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