Update From NASA: Space Debris From India’s Anti-Satellite Missile Test Is A Threat To The International Space Station

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Digital Trends: Space debris from India’s anti-satellite missile test a threat to ISS, NASA says

It may have seemed like a good idea at the time, but India’s destruction of one of its own orbiting satellites in a recent missile test has inadvertently put those aboard the International Space Station (ISS) in increased danger, according to NASA.

Speaking at a live-streamed event on Monday, NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine described India’s anti-satellite missile test on March 27 as “not compatible with the future of human spaceflight,” adding, “It’s unacceptable and NASA needs to be very clear about what its impact to us is.”

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