NASA Postpones Astronauts’ Spacewalk Due To Risk From Debris - Forbes

[+] mission specialist, participates in the mission's third planned session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station August 15, 2007 in Space.

It feels a bit like a headline ripped from the plotline of the 2013 flick “Gravity” - NASA astronauts suddenly find themselves having to worry more about the threat of space debris whipping around Earth at over 17,000 miles per hour.

Just two weeks after the current crew of the International Space Station had to take emergency shelter in the Russian Soyuz and SpaceX Crew Dragon capsules that are docked to the ISS, NASA has now postponed a planned spacewalk because of the threat.

“NASA received a debris notification for the International Space Station,” reads a statement from the space agency.