India’s ballistic space missile test last week put the International Space Station in peril of a deadly collision with space debris, NASA said in a rebuke to the world’s newest space power. At a town hall event Monday NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said: “Here’s what we know about the most recent direct ascent anti-satellite test that was done by India. We know that we have identified 400 pieces of orbital debris from that one event. That’s what’s been identified. Now all of that cannot be tracked.” Space Station Collision Threat From India’s Missile Test Went Up 44 Percent in 10
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