ISS Crew Forced to , Take Shelter , After Russian Satellite Breaks Apart.br 'The Independent' reports that astronauts aboard the br International Space Station (ISS) took shelter due to br the danger of debris from a broken up Russian satellite.br Crews aboard the ISS were ordered to board br their respective spacecraft in case debris br struck and damaged the orbital laboratory.br According to experts, the ever-increasing number of br satellites in orbit around Earth has magnified the risk of br collision and other potential problems for space crews.br It remains unclear what caused br the RESURS-P1 Russian Earth br Observation satellite to break apart. .br According to NASA's Space Station office, the event br occurred near the space station, prompting astronauts br to take shelter in their spacecraft for about an hour. .br Mission Control continued to monitor the path of the debris, and after about an hour, the crew was cleared to exit their spacecraft and the station resumed normal operations, NASA statement, via X.br Space-tracking firm LeoLabs said that U.S. radar br detected the decommissioned satellite releasing a br cloud of debris in low-Earth orbit late on June 26. .br Shortly after 9 p.m. EDT, NASA br instructed crews aboard the space br station to shelter in their respective br spacecraft as a standard precautionary br measure after it was informed br of a satellite break-up at an br altitude near the station, NASA statement, via X.br According to U.S. Space Command, the Russian satellite created , "over 100 pieces of trackable debris.".br USSPACECOM has observed no br immediate threats and is continuing br to conduct routine conjunction br assessments to support the safety br and sustainability of the space domain, U.S.