Hubble shuttle flight faces higher space junk risk

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Next month's shuttle flight to the Hubble Space Telescope faces an increased risk of a destructive impact by space junk because it will be in a higher, more littered orbit than usual, NASA said Monday.

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