The International Space Station moved out of the way of space debris yet again this year, hours before a new cargo ship is supposed to arrive.
A Russian Progress cargo spacecraft attached to the International Space Station (ISS) fired its engines Friday (Nov. 10) in a space debris avoidance maneuver, Russian federal space agency Roscosmos officials wrote on Telegram; translation was provided automatically by Google. (Space.com reached out to NASA officials and is awaiting the agency's confirmation of the maneuver, as well as the nature of the debris.)
