A Russian missile creates enough space junk to pose risk to astronauts for years
The U.S. is condemning a "dangerous and irresponsible" test of a Russian anti-satellite missile that blasted a cloud of debris into Earth's orbit and forced astronauts aboard the International Space Station to briefly take shelter as a precaution. Russia denies that it put any spacecraft or astronauts in danger.
The test of the anti-satellite weapon, or ASAT, early
