alone where i have been on the show where i have to say that nasa is trying to figure out what to do. at love ti t lot a lot of times maneuver the space station away from it, but this time, they didn t see the debris too late to get the commands, and they needed more time to maneuver the station than they would have had, but fortunately, this debris is not getting close enough to worry. brooke? thank you, john zarrella. we will take a quick break and right after that,ly spe li will to an astronaut who has been through something like this, and dr. norm tigert is going to be joining us. and we have more developing news on a airplane with an emergency landing.
about hopping in there as a potential emergency. you get these calls from time to time. any time the estimation is it will pass within a certain distance. only once in my four-month flight did we actually have to get in the capsule and in the case of the near space station, it had no capability to change its orbit unlike apparently we ve heard the international space station can do. if it s going to come close enough, you have no choice but to use the capsule because ultimately it s your life boat. cnn s john zarrella is joining me from florida. i was explained that it s actually the air force thrk piece of debris relays that information to nasa. they are the ones watching this right now? reporter: that s absolutely right. they have their eyes on every piece of space junk up there
trying to cast blame on the other side, if will is a shutdown, well, it is their fault, their fault, and that is the battle of the message we are witnessing today. we will look to you to see if news is made in that meeting in the speaker s office. thank you, brianna keilar. also, we are watching a potentially frightening situation in space right now. we have breaking update from a nasa official, so don t miss that. and we ve got cars like that, even trucks. but we can do more. when you buy a chevrolet, we ll invest in renewable energy, energy efficiency, and tree-planting programs across america, reducing carbon emissions by up to 8 million metric tons over the next few years in just one more way, we can proudly say, chevy runs deep. [ male announcer ] america s beverage companies are working together
, so a small piece of space they call it junk have been causing a big headache for nasa scientists, and we are talking about a six-inch square peace of this old chinese satellite not too far from the international space station. so here is the update and breaking news from nasa. nasa has determined it is not serious enough in terms of the threat to force those three station crew members to seek shelter in the soyez, and we have john zarrella joining me from miami and in a couple of moments we will speak with a former astronaut, but john, i want to go to you, because we got the e-mail from kim seigel monitoring nasa and the crew gets the all-clear, so sigh of relief for the crew of three. yes, they are used to this, and they have gone through the, you know, fire drills, i guess you could call them, many tims s before, but the little piece of
a piece of debris was a huge concern to nasa and the international space station for the crew members that are up there. more on that ahead. plus, wolf blitzer will join me with more information in the world of politics. stay right there.