Astronauts at ISS forced to take cover

The 4 astronauts aboard the International Space Station reportedly had to question screen Monday.

The State Department said Russia conducted a "destructive outer trial of a nonstop ascent anti-satellite missile," which caused much than
1,500 pieces of abstraction debris.

"Russia's unsafe and irresponsible behaviour jeopardizes the semipermanent sustainability of our outer abstraction and intelligibly demonstrates that Russia's claims of opposing the weaponization of abstraction are disingenuous," said a spokesperson for the State Department.

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Russia's abstraction bureau said the International Space Station by 9:30 a.m. EST, according to Space.com.

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