The International Space Station had to move to dodge space junk
Briefly

The International Space Station had to fire its thrusters this week to make sure it avoided space junk in orbit around Earth.The station fired its thrusters for 5 minutes and 5 seconds in what NASA called a "Pre-Determined Debris Avoidance Maneuver" at 8:25 p.m. ET Monday to increase its distance from a piece of what used to be a Russian satellite.
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