NASA: Space station noise not debris hit
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JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, Texas (AP) -- The crunching sound heard by the U.S.-Russian crew of the international space station does not appear to have come from an impact with space debris, U.S. space officials said.
The U.S. Department of Defense, which tracks thousands of small manmade objects in orbital space with radar, said it found nothing on a collision course with the base.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration said this weekend it still didn't know what caused the sound heard late last week by U.S. astronaut Michael Foale and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri.
A space agency spokesman told the Houston Chronicle in its Saturday editions that there's no sign of damage to the space station.
The station's previous commander says he heard similar noises while he lived and worked aboard the outpost. He called the sound odd and unusual, but nothing came of it.
Last week, an unnamed Russian space official had said that the sound was most likely caused by an impact with space debris.
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