Spaceflight The International Space Station is pictured from the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour during a fly around of the orbiting lab that took place on Nov. 8, 2021. This week, the ISS was moved to avoid a piece of Russian space debris. By the way, the debris was created during a weapons test by Russia in November 2021. Image via NASA The ISS is in a new orbit following a 'debris avoidance maneuver' on Monday evening, October 24, 2022. Thus, placing the station out of harm's way before some space debris passed too close to the station for comfort.

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