Astronauts shelter from space debris

HOUSTON -- The six crew members of the International Space Station have been instructed to spend the night in two separate space ships due to a piece of space junk that is heading in the path of the space station.

Mission Control gave the astronauts their new sleeping arrangements because the chunk of space debris that will be passing by the space station during their sleep shifts. NASA says they are unsure of the trajectory of the space junk so they are moving the astronauts as a precautionary measure.

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