The near-miss occurred on Tuesday (January 18), Beijing s China National Space Administration (CNSA) has said, based on tracking data of Tsinghua and the debris.
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NASA has reschedule Tuesday s canceled spacewalk for Thursday. The walk was postponed due to a possible collision between the International Space Station and space debris.
NASA postponed a spacewalk outside out of the ISS Tuesday after receiving a debris notification for the orbital outpost. The walk was set for two astronauts at 7:15AM ET.
A significant portion of space junk could wind up forming a ring around Earth, like the solar system s gas giants, a University of Utah researcher has warned.