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Can the crew steer the space station to avoid being hit by space debris or meteors?

April 26, 2017avoid crew debris hit meteors station steer

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Can the crew steer the space station to avoid being hit by space debris or meteors?

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They can, that’s a great question, and of course the space debris is being tracked by the folks in Colorado Springs and if they see that there is a possibility of collision they will boost the station just slightly to change its orbit to avoid the collision.