Russian anti-satellite missile test endangers space station crew - Nasa

An anti-satellite missile test Russia conducted on Monday generated a debris field in low-Earth orbit that endangered the International Space Station and will pose a hazard to space activities for years, US officials said.

The seven-member space station crew - four US astronauts, a German astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts - were directed to take shelter in their docked spaceship capsules for two hours after the test as a precaution to allow for a quick getaway had it been necessary, Nasa said.

The research lab, orbiting about 402km above Earth, continued to pass through or near the debris cluster every 90 minutes, but Nasa specialists...