Read more space junk stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/39057/space-junk.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:14:08 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/68571/approaching-debris-doesnt-stop-spacewalk.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTwo astronauts stepped out on a spacewalk to install a new tank of space-station coolant today as a large piece of orbiting junk headed their way. The old rocket part was expected to pass early tomorrow within 2 miles of the shuttle-station complex, considered a safe distance by NASA specialists....http://www.newser.com/story/68571/approaching-debris-doesnt-stop-spacewalk.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 03 Sep 2009 18:25:06 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54804/mystery-east-coast-fireball-was-a-russian-rocket.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe fireball that lit up parts of the East Coast Sunday night was almost certainly the exploding remains of a Russian rocket, a US Naval Observatory official tells Space.com. The second stage of the Soyuz rocket was slated to enter the atmosphere at the time and place the fireball...http://www.newser.com/story/54804/mystery-east-coast-fireball-was-a-russian-rocket.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 31 Mar 2009 2:47:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54069/astros-fire-up-thrusters-to-dodge-trash.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDiscovery's astronauts fired thrusters yesterday to maneuver the million-pound International Space Station out of the path of approaching space junk, the third such threat to the orbiting lab in two weeks, reports Space.com. The four-inch chunk of debris—from a Chinese rocket that broke apart in 2000—was heading...http://www.newser.com/story/54069/astros-fire-up-thrusters-to-dodge-trash.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 23 Mar 2009 2:10:56 CDT