Space Station Dodges Debris

HOUSTON — The International Space Station maneuvered early Oct. 26 to avoid a close pass from orbital debris identified as a piece of NASA’s decommissioned Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS). Station commander Doug Wheelock and the rest of the six-member U.S. and Russian crew carried on with...

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