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Chinese space junk buzzes past space station

29 July, 2010 12:57:23 MSNBC
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An image created by Australia's Electro Optic Systems (EOS) aerospace company shows a view of the Earth from geostationary height depicting swarms of space debris -- approximately 50,000 of the half-million or more debris objects greater than 1cm -- in Low Earth Orbit (LEO).A piece of Chinese space junk passed harmlessly by the International Space Station on Thursday after worries that the outpost's crew of six might have to take shelter in their Russian lifeboats as a precaution.


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