Posted on: 11:51 am, March 17, 2014, by AP Wire Service, updated on: 08:15pm, March 17, 2014<\/p>\n
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) The International Space Station had to sidestep a piece of space junk. <\/p>\n
NASA said Monday the space station had to dodge part of an old satellite. Sunday nights firing of on-board thrusters pushed the orbiting lab up a half-mile. <\/p>\n
Experts arent sure how big the junk is. Its from a Russian weather satellite launched in 1979. <\/p>\n
After the maneuver, it was determined the debris would have posed no threat. NASA says it preferred playing it safe. <\/p>\n
Mission Control says the change in space station altitude will not affect next weeks launch of a new three-man crew from Kazakhstan. <\/p>\n
A SpaceX resupply mission from Cape Canaveral, meanwhile, has been delayed until the end of the month. The unmanned Falcon rocket was supposed to blast off Sunday. <\/p>\n
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