Nearly 200 pieces of space junk from a Russian satellite forced seven astronauts aboard the International Space Station to briefly take shelter.
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00:00Nearly 200 pieces of Russian space junk threatened seven astronauts aboard the International
00:08Space Station, forcing them to take shelter in their doctor capsules and disrupting their
00:15work in the next couple of days.
00:17Large debris generating events in orbit are rare, but are becoming more worrying as space
00:23becomes crowded with satellite networks needed for everyday life on Earth.
00:29The Russian space agency Roscosmos did not respond to a request for comment.