False Alarm: No Space Junk Threat After All to SpaceX Crew

False Alarm: No Space Junk Threat After All to SpaceX Crew
The SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule approaches the International Space Station for docking, on April 24, 2021. NASA via AP
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—SpaceX’s four astronauts had barely settled into orbit last Friday when they were ordered back into their spacesuits because of a potential collision with orbiting junk.

It turns out there was no object and no threat, the U.S. Space Command acknowledged Monday. The false alarm is under review.