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International Space Station Astronauts forced to Scramble to Emergency Capsule

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Astronauts on board the International Space Station had to hide out in an emergency escape capsule yesterday when an old Russian satellite hurtled towards them, getting ready to blast off from the space station if the space junk came too near.

For nearly an hour, the American and two Russians hunkered down in their Soyuz capsule, which is docked to the International Space Station, in case they had to make a quick getaway. The fragment from an old Russian weather satellite ended up passing harmlessly, about one mile away. Details

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