ISS astronauts forced to take cover as Russian satellite fractures in space

Astronauts on the International Space Station had to take cover Wednesday when a Russian satellite fractured into pieces and created a cloud of space debris. It’s unknown what caused the satellite to fracture, but the station was not hit. “NASA instructed crews aboard the space station to shelter in their respective spacecraft as a standard precautionary measure after it was informed of a satellite break-up at an altitude near the station’s earlier Wednesday,” the ISS posted on X. “Mission Control continued to monitor the path of the debris, and after...