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Astronauts from the International Space Station left shelter after successfully avoiding a collision with space debris.The ISS altered its course at 4:19 p.m. to avoid hitting space debris.NASA's Mission Control in Houston and the U.S. Space Command were tracking an unknown piece of space debris that was expected to pass the station within several kilometers, .Related:&nbsp;The station is preparing to avoid a piece of unknown space debris being tracked by flight controllers and . The Exp 63 crew has relocated to its Soyuz crew ship. The time of closest approach is 6:21 pm ET. More... — Intl. Space Station (@Space_Station)To ensure the item did not hit the station, NASA and its Russian partners planned an avoidance maneuver using the Russian Progress resupply spacecraft that's currently docked to the station.Astronauts moved to the Russian segment of the station to be closer to their Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft as part of the safe haven procedure -- out of an abundance of caution --&nbsp; until the debris passed shortly after 5 p.m.According to NASA, the object was expected to pass within .8 of a mile of the space station Tuesday afternoon.NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine said the maneuver was successful in boosting the station to a higher orbit. "Maneuver Burn complete. The astronauts are coming out of safe haven," he tweeted.Tuesday marks the 26th time that the International Space Station has conducted an avoidance maneuver. Its most recent maneuvers were July 3 and April 19 of this year. Before 2020, the station last altered its course to avoid debris in 2015.There are roughly 26,000 items, both debris and active satellites, tracked in Earth's orbit. These items are at least 10 centimeters across.There’s also smaller debris that can end space missions by puncturing a fuel tank or damaging a battery. NASA estimates there are about 500,000 pieces of orbital debris larger than 1 centimeter and about 100 million items larger than 1 millimeter.“Mission-ending risk for most operational spacecraft in (low-Earth orbit) is dominated by millimeter-sized orbital debris,” Liou previously told the Chronicle in an email.Bridenstine emphasized the point: "The @Space_Station has maneuvered 3 times in 2020 to avoid debris. In the last 2 weeks, there have been 3 high concern potential conjunctions. Debris is getting worse! Time for Congress to provide @CommerceGov with the $15 mil requested by @POTUS for the Office of Space Commerce."The International Space Station, which this year celebrates 20 years with astronauts onboard, has additional protections for this type of debris.

Astronauts from the International Space Station left shelter after successfully avoiding a collision with space debris.The ISS altered its course at 4:19 p.m. to avoid hitting space debris.NASA's Mission Control in Houston and the U.S. Space Command were tracking an unknown piece of space debris that was expected to pass the station within several kilometers, .Related:&nbsp;The station is preparing to avoid a piece of unknown space debris being tracked by flight controllers and . The Exp 63 crew has relocated to its Soyuz crew ship. The time of closest approach is 6:21 pm ET. More... —...

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