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Russian Satellite Debris Poses Hazard

NPR: NASA is carefully tracking some 500 pieces of debris from a Russian intelligence satellite that may pose a hazard for the international space station. The satellite exploded in March; another piece of it broke apart in June.

Posted by Physics Today on July 17, 2008 11:16 AM |

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