<ul><li>The International Space Station (ISS) raised its orbit to avoid a piece of space junk from a 20-year-old Chinese rocket.</li><li>The maneuver was carried out by firing thrusters on the docked Progress 91 spacecraft for 3 minutes and 33 seconds.</li><li>The debris would have come within 0.4 miles of the station if the orbit was not raised, but the station's operations were not impacted.</li><li>NASA continues to track hazardous objects to protect the ISS and astronauts, with avoidance systems helping prevent major collisions.</li></ul>

The ISS just dodged part of a 20-year-old Chinese rocket

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