Space station dodging debris

Russian space programme chiefs are to move the International Space Station into a different orbit to avoid possible collision with a fragment of debris.

Space station dodging debris

Russian space programme chiefs are to move the International Space Station into a different orbit to avoid possible collision with a fragment of debris.

The Russian Zvevda module will fire booster rockets to carry out the operation early tomorrow morning, said mission control centre spokeswoman Nadyezhda Zavyalova.

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