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Then there are the rumors that they were testing a laser by tracking the space shuttles. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terra-3 Sally Ride, at a talk I went to a million years ago, was asked about it and gave a hilariously joking answer and flat out denial that they had any issues related to Soviet lasers. It was along the lines of "if we were the first crew targeted by a laser like that, we'd all brag about it an bring it up in every conversation."