By Kylie Atwood, Jim Sciutto and Kristin Fisher, CNN The US is concerned that Russia carried out a major anti-satellite weapons test over the weekend, two US officials told CNN. One of the officials said it may have created a potentially dangerous debris field in space.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A Russian weapons test created more than 1,500 pieces of space junk that is now threatening the seven astronauts aboard the International Space Station, U.S.
The United States is worried a major Russia anti-satellite weapons test thought to have taken place over the weekend may have created a potentially dangerous debris field in space, two U.S. officials told CNN.
The United States denounced Russia Monday for conducting a "dangerous and irresponsible" missile test that blew up one of its own satellites, creating a debris cloud that forced the International Spa…
Russia has conducted an antisatellite weapons test. The resulting debris field has forced astronauts on the International Space Station to take shelter while the debris flies by in orbit.
A Russian weapons test created more than 1,500 pieces of space junk that is now threatening the seven astronauts aboard the International Space Station, U.S. officials said Monday.
By Kylie Atwood, Jim Sciutto, Kristin Fisher and Nicole Gaouette, CNN The US strongly condemned a Russian anti-satellite test on Monday that forced crew members on the International Space Station to scramble into their spacecraft for safety, calling it “a reckless and dangerous act” and saying that …
Space station astronauts temporarily retreated into their docked capsules Monday, after first being informed of the space debris from a Russian weapons test.
The missile target is believed to have been a Russian satellite destroyed in the explosion. It highlighted the risk of space junk to missions like the ISS.
The United States has accused Russia of conducting an "irresponsible" weapons test that endangered the crew on the International Space Station. Debris from an anti-satellite missile test forced the astronauts to temporarily shelter in their spaceship capsules.
U.S. officials accused Russia of destroying an old satellite with a missile. Astronauts now face four times greater risk than normal, a NASA official said.
Russian officials on Tuesday rejected accusations that they endangered astronauts aboard the International Space Station by conducting a weapons test that created more than 1,500 pieces of space junk.
By Sheena McKenzie, CNN Days after world powers wrapped up a monumental climate summit in Glasgow, another environmental emergency was unfolding — this time in space. On Monday, Russia fired a missile at one of its own satellites as a test, generating thousands of pieces of debris that sent crew mem…
Russia conducted a strike against a Soviet-era satellite in space on Monday, creating more than 1,500 pieces of debris that U.S. officials said posed a reckless risk and showed Moscow’s insincerity wh...
Russia has acknowledged destroying a satellite in a missile test, as the US had reported. But the Kremlin denies creating a risk to others in space — and says the US is being hypocritical on space safety.
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