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China will beef up its space debris procedures for astronauts after a partial loss of power on its Tiangong space station, according to state media.this winter, most recently on March 1. At the time, Chinese media said there had been a partial loss of power supply after the outpost's solar panels suffered a debris strike.
ISS controllers, working with NORAD, have had to move the space station out of the way of debris more than 30 times since its first modules launched in 1998. The guidelines are strict, necessitating a maneuver if any debris arrives in a"pizza box" roughly 2.5 miles by 30 miles by 30 miles with the ISS at the center, according to
NASA works separately from China in space matters due to a 2011 directive known as the Wolf amendment, which prohibits bilateral agreements and coordination between NASA and Chinese government entities without express permission from Congress.
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