World Science report [tech.]: United States Space Agency spokesman Kelly · Humphries said on 13 March, 12th, close to the international space station and cause astronauts take rescue measures of space junk than previously reported.
Because the space junk is close to the space station and may pose a threat to them, within the three astronauts for space station 12, have been forced to evacuate to the docking with Salyut space station manned spacecraft. NASA today have reported that this piece of space junk diameter less than 1 cm in diameter, but in fact about 12.7 cm. This piece of garbage was recognized as United States 1993 launches rocket boosters of a part.
Humphreys said that even the tiny space junk to satellites and spacecraft, as they went along the different tracks, lowest hourly 2.8 million km. At this speed, the sand size space waste impact and 160 km per hour Bowling fairly.
NASA officials 12, said that this piece of space junk and space station recently about 4.5 km, 13, and he said, what specific distance is not yet clear.
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