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<blockquote><font class="small">In reply to:</font><hr /><p><b>MOSCOW, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. and Russian officials changed the International Space Station's orbit to keep it clear of debris from a satellite destroyed by China, a report says.<br /><br />"We are diverting the orbit of the ISS to prevent a possible collision with large fragments of space debris, a decision the Russian Mission Control took together with the Johnson Space Center in Houston," a Russian Mission Control spokesman told Novosti Friday.<br /><br />The spokesman said the debris did not threaten the space station, and that an anti-meteorite system protected it from smaller fragments. <p><hr /></p></b></p></blockquote><b><br />Full Story</b><br /><br /><br />It sounds like it's a new chapter in the history of space flight... <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>