RUSSIAN TEST BLAMED FOR SPACE JUNK THREATENING SPACE STATION
Nov 19, 2021
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A Russian weapons test created more than 1,500 pieces of space junk that is now threatening the seven astronauts aboard the International Space Station, U.S. officials said this week.
The State Department confirmed that the debris was from an old Russian satellite destroyed by the missile strike.
“It was dangerous. It was reckless. It was irresponsible,”said State Department spokesman Ned Price.
Earlier Monday, the
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