A piece of space debris will have a close yet safe brush with the International Space Station. The debris, a piece of abandoned American cargo launched in 1963, could pass within 240 meters of the International Space Station (ISS) but does not pose a serious threat. This was backed up by the calculations of Russia's space flight control center.

The U.S.A's space debris has the same weight as that of a 6 foot male -- an approximate weight of 79 kilograms or 175 pounds. Russia's space flight control center reiterated that a chance of a collision is practically zero, therefore there is no need to change the flight path of the ISS.

In an earlier statement, the Russian center have implied that it might be best for the ISS inhabitants, Russian cosmonaut  Pavel Vinogradov and US astronaut Jeffrey Williams, to move into an escape vessel since they had indicated that the debris might pose a threat to the ISS. But it seems that everything is all good now.

This issue might contribute to the need to clean up space junk amidst the staunch opposition of Dr. Alice Gorman, who wishes to preserve space junk as they are part of our history and they should even be listed as a World Heritage. As of now, there has been no immediate action for the cleaning up of these space junks and debris.