Chinese ASAT Debris Poses Temporary Threat To Station Crew
HOUSTON — The U.S., Russian and Italian crewmembers of the International Space Station came within an hour of taking shelter in their docked Soyuz TMA-20 “lifeboat” spacecraft on April 5 as debris from China’s January 2007 anti-satellite test passed within 3 mi. of the orbiting science laboratory...
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