Space station to move to avoid oncoming junk

The International Space Station is dodging a softball-sized piece of space junk. Mission Control told astronauts to fire the station's engines briefly Friday morning to avoid a piece of an old communications satellite. It will be only the 13th time since 1998 that the station has moved because of debris. Debris travels at such high speed in orbit that it could cause a deadly puncture to the space station. More

(Source: Sacramento Bee - Jan 13)