How NASA's Fermi Telescope Sidestepped a Gigantic Space Crash

There's all kinds of asteroids and other debris cruising through space, but a lot of the really dangerous stuff is stuff we put there ourselves. NASA's cosmic bubble-spotting Fermi telescope almost had an intergalactic fender bender, but not with some epoch-old rock floating through the cosmos. No, it almost got… » 5/02/13 11:16am 5/02/13 11:16am

Space Fence to Defend Astronauts and Satellites Against Orbital Debris

The International Space Station and the space shuttle Discovery almost had to dodge some deadly space debris yesterday. Again. NASA is not installing any lasers soon, but the U.S. Air Force is moving forward on their own spacecrap defense plan. » 9/03/09 6:20pm 9/03/09 6:20pm

Space Station Crew Now Basically Just Playing a Real-Life Game of

Sent into a panic about space junk for the second time in as many weeks, the International Space Station has been forced to reposition to dodge a four-inch chunk of Chinese rocket. » 3/23/09 5:20am 3/23/09 5:20am

Space Station Crew Climb Into Escape Module To Avoid Passing Space…

Members of the ISS crew climbed aboard the Soyuz TMA-13 capsule for about 10 minutes today as a precaution against space debris passing nearby. The threat was called off around 12:45 EDT. » 3/12/09 12:59pm 3/12/09 12:59pm