'Space Debris' Hits Orbiting Station, Chips Window

A piece of “space debris” that hit the International Space Station chipped the outer layer of a window in the spacecraft's observation module. British astronaut Tim Peake posted a picture on Twitter Friday showing the damage, a chip about 7 millimeters in diameter that hit one of the seven windows in the "cupola" observation area. “Often asked if @Space_Station is hit by space debris. Yes – this chip is in a Cupola window,” he tweeted. Whatever chipped the window...

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