| NASA: Floating 'junk' no threat to space station By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- NASA says a piece of old space junk that it's been tracking for a few days is no threat to the International Space Station. But there's another piece of debris in the space station's neighborhood. Mission Control decided late Friday that the outpost would not need to dodge a 10-year-old rocket chunk. The Delta rocket was launched in 1999 with NASA's comet-chasing spacecraft, Stardust. Experts concluded the junk would come no closer than five-and-a-half miles Saturday. In fact, it was moving away from the station. On Friday, NASA spotted an old science payload from a previous shuttle mission in the vicinity of the 220-mile-high space station. It's expected to come within nine miles Monday. For now, it's not considered a threat. Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium. Neither these AP material nor any portion thereof may be stored in a computer except for personal and non-commercial use. AP will not be held liable for any delays, inaccuracies, errors or omissions therefrom or in the transmission or delivery of all or any part thereof or for any damages arising from any of the foregoing. Copyright 2009 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. |
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