ISS astronauts briefly take cover after Russian satellite Resurs-P1 breaks up

A defunct Russian satellite broke up in low-Earth orbit on June 26, U.S. government and private space-tracking organizations have confirmed. The break-up resulted in over 100 pieces of trackable debris, according to U.S. Space Command in a June 27 statement. That number that is likely to grow as the full extent of the debris cloudContinue reading “ISS astronauts briefly take cover after Russian satellite Resurs-P1 breaks up”
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