Sense Sonnet - Chiller

Litter Hazard

The space shuttle was trying to
Maneuver through all of the junk,
That wherever the shuttle flew,
Got in the pathway chunk by chunk.
Over the last several years,
Satellites and other debris
Had greatly grown, and so the fears
That in time - a catastrophe.
The shuttle struck something unseen,
And all the systems were knocked off line.
The shuttle was a wrecked machine.
Ground could not confirm a life sign.

How to rescue - a question grave.
Would anyone be left to save?