National Geographic Space Junk

I read the National Geographic magazine on Space Junk and went on the computer to learn more. I learned that space junk is made up of materials that humans cast into space. Some of the space junk is lost and broken satellites. Also some space junk is tools that astronauts lose in space. I also found out that about 13,000 close calls happen between astronauts and space junk each week. If scientists shoot lasers at space junk to try to eliminate it. The fragments that get shot off tend to create more space junk! Astronauts wear bullet-proof material in space so that space junk can't slice through their suits. Astronaut Edward White's glove got lost in space and flew towards the earth at about 28,000 kilometers before it burned up. Space junk can be harmful to astronauts like Edward, so I'm glad scientists are finding ways to be rid of space junk, aren't you?