That was a really close one.

It was very shocking personally, and also for all of us at NASA.

So far, theres only been one incident in which two spacecraft collided with one another in orbit.

A depiction of NASA’s TIMED satellite, which nearly collided with the defunct Russian Cosmos 2221 satellite.

A depiction of NASA’s TIMED satellite, which nearly collided with the defunct Russian Cosmos 2221 satellite.Illustration: NASA

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