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The International Space Station.
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NASA was forced to delay a spacewalk outside the International Space Station this morning due to a potential safety threat from some nearby space debris. It is not clear where the debris is coming from, but the delay comes about two weeks after Russia blew up one of its own satellites, creating thousands of dangerous fragments that threatened the space station.
The astronauts were going to leave the station at around 7:10AM to replace an antenna on the outside of it. It would have been the first spacewalk for Marshburn.
NASA didn't have enough time to assess the risk.
NASA personnel stopped the spacewalk before they could leave the airlock. Mark Vande Hei, one of the astronauts on board the International Space Station, told flight controllers in mission control that he was glad they were looking out for his safety.
NASA decided to delay the spacewalk until further notice because it didn't have enough time to properly assess the risk of the debris posed to the astronauts.
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NASA astronauts Thomas and Kayla.
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The International Space Station has been disrupted twice in the last two weeks by space debris. On November 15th, the astronauts on the International Space Station were awakened by controllers and told to shelter in place after Russia conducted an anti-satellite test. At least 1,700 pieces of trackable debris and thousands of smaller pieces that cannot be tracked were created when Russia blew up one of its own satellites. The debris cloud periodically passed near the International Space Station.
The space agency did not respond to a request for comment about the debris that postponed the spacewalk. NASA said the delay won't have a big impact on the station. The space station schedule and operations are able to easily accommodate the delay of the spacewalk, according to NASA.
