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Space debris struck a Chinese spacecraft. How the incident could be a wake-up call for international collaboration

China's Shenzhou-20 spacecraft took a hit from a piece of space debris floating through orbit, causing Chinese officials to delay the spacecraft's return from its Tiangong space station in early ...
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Space debris struck a Chinese spacecraft – how the incident could be a wake‑up call for international collaboration

China’s Shenzhou-20 spacecraft – shown here hitching a ride on a Long March-2F carrier rocket – was hit by a piece of space debris. Pedro Pardo/AFP via Getty Images China’s Shenzhou-20 spacecraft took ...