Space Station Wasn’t in Path of Adrift Junk
From Times Wire Reports
NASA’s warning of a possible collision with a speeding piece of space junk that sent the international space station scrambling for a higher orbit turned out to be a false alarm.
Astronauts used thrusters on the space shuttle Discovery, which is docked with the space station, to boost the orbit by about 10 miles.
Mission Control’s worry was a shoebox-sized piece of hardware lost on a spacewalk earlier this week.
Start your day right
Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
