’s (ISS) ignited its thrusters for five minutes, five seconds Monday evening in an attempt to maneuver away from the predicted path of Russian satellite debris leftover from the nation’s anti-satellite test last year.Russia launched a missile into orbit in November, blowing up its Cosmos 1408 into some 1,5000 pieces of space debris that are now freely floating in space., Monday’s emergency did not force ISS crew members to take cover in escape pods, but was conducted as a precaution to add ‘an extra measure of distance’ of the debris that would have come within three miles of the ship.
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