Cnet by Eric Mack, Jackson Ryan Nov. 15, 2021
'Reckless' Russian missile test blows up satellite, forcing ISS astronauts to take shelter
The US State Department condemns the action, and NASA administrator Bill Nelson calls it "irresponsible" and "destabilizing."
Seven crew members aboard the International Space Station had to take emergency shelter in a spacecraft docked to the ISS on Monday because of a new, potentially dangerous debris field generated by a Russian anti-satellite test.
The astronauts huddled inside the SpaceX Crew Dragon and Russian Soyuz spacecraft after a Russian missile exploded one of the nation's dead spy satellites over the weekend.
The anti-satellite test was condemned by the US State Department on Monday. "The Russian Federation recklessly conducted a destructive satellite test of a direct ascent and anti-satellite missile against one of its own satellites," State Department spokesperson Ned Price told reporters.
The test created over 1,500 pieces of new junk in orbit that "will significantly increase the risk to astronauts and cosmonauts on the International Space Station, as well as other human spaceflight activities," Price said.
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