Space debris is making rocket launches dangerous
Last month, the International Space Station , an orbiting space laboratory as big as a football field, had to move. A piece of space junk 10 centimeters (four inches) across was aimed at it. To ensure the safety of the crew, its engines were fired for 54 seconds to move it to an orbit 1,000 feet higher.
Such is life in Earth orbit. This was the 13th time the ISS had to be moved to avoid potential damage from a col...
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