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"The collision offers a literally heaven-sent opportunity for the Obama
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In January 2007, China destroyed one of its own defunct satellites with
a ballistic missile at an altitude close to that of Tuesday's collision,
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Both NASA and Russia's Roscosmos agencies said there was little risk to
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fuel, oxygen and other supplies as well as a new Russian space suit for
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American astronauts Michael Fincke and Sandra Magnus are aboard the
station along with Russian Yuri Lonchakov. The crew size will be doubled
to six members later this year.

AP Technology Writer Peter Svensson in New York and AP Science Writer
Seth Borenstein in Washington contributed to this report.