It considers that the space debris caused by Moscow when destroying one of its satellites endangers the International Space Station
The United States on Monday accused Russia of endangering the integrity of the International Space Station with the “reckless” destruction of one of its own satellites, causing the astronauts to take shelter from the rain of thousands of pieces of garbage space that has been falling.
The US State Department has assured that Russia has destroyed one of its own satellites with a missile. A ballistic test that so far has left “more than 1,500 pieces of space junk” scattered, which threatens to endanger “the interests of all nations.”
“This test represents a significant increase in the risks to which astronauts and cosmonauts are exposed on the International Space Station,” as well as for the rest of activities related to space travel, said State Department spokesman Ned Price .
Astronauts on the International Space Station were forced to take refuge in a pair of special capsules early Monday after a cloud of space debris threatened to pass near the facility.
NASA astronauts Tom Marshburn, Raja Chari and Kayla Barron, along with Matthias Maurer of the European Space Agency, have taken refuge in the Crew Dragon spacecraft; while Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov, Pyotr Dubrov and NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei took refuge in the Soyuz capsule.
The Pentagon spokesman, John Kirby, has criticized that Russia has not made known to the US authorities the missile test that it would have carried out, so Washington has advanced, it will ask to review the rules on space activities to confirm what can “be used responsibly ”by all nations present in the cosmos.
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