Astronauts stranded in space after their return capsule is struck by object in orbit

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  1. Three Chinese astronauts are temporarily stranded in space after their return capsule was struck by suspected orbital debris, China’s human spaceflight agency said on Wednesday.

    Wang Jie, Chen Zhongrui, and Chen Dong, the astronauts part of the Shenzhou-20 mission, were launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China in April. They reached the Tiangong space station in six hours, with their return journey initially scheduled for 5 November.

    The Shenzhou mission cycles crews of three Chinese astronauts to and from the Tiangong space station for six-month stays, during which they perform a range of tasks, including repairing damage to the orbiting outpost.

  2. I wonder if China learn from this, given they’re a big contributor to space debris…

  3. Its only going to get worse. Unless someone cleans up the junk up there.

  4. How long until space travel becomes impossible due to the amount of space trash we are throwing out there.

    There’s nothing we can do right as a species is there.

  5. I wonder how long they’ve known about this. There’s no way it was struck the day they were meant to leave

  6. Could be a good idea to stop blowing up old satellites, ehhh Russia, USA, India and China?!

  7. I hope they are okay. Chinese, American, doesn’t matter, they are pioneers for the human race, and deserve more respect than we can possibly imagine.

  8. “Abandoned artificial satellites.
    Tanks jettisoned from space shuttles.
    Refuse generated during space station construction.
    Debris of all shapes and sizes is travelling around the Earth at speeds of up to eight kilometres a second. Should this debris collide with a spacecraft, it could result in a terrible accident. For this reason, mankind has been confronted by the necessity of collecting this debris. This is a story of 2075, a time in which this space debris has become a major problem.”

    [Opening voiceover to the English language version of Planetes.]

  11. >Existing protocols suggest that if Shenzhou-20 remains unrepairable, the Shenzhou-21 spacecraft would be used to transport the stranded crew back to Earth.

    So, not stranded then.

  12. We need to clean up our orbit before aliens arrive, see our planet, and then goes around the galaxy referring to us as “the trash planet”

  13. Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t Chinas lax attitude towards it a big reason why the problem of space debris is getting worse?

  14. China didn’t seem too concerned about this possibility when they exploded a satellite in orbit in 2007.

  18. Are these the same Chinese astronauts I watched cook and eat chicken wings for the first time in space?

  20. Time for an international space rescue mission brining all countries together for the greater good and kickstarting world peace?

  21. Almost like we shouldn’t be leaving garbage in space

  22. Watch gravity movie similiar to this case, lets hope they are alright

  24. Probably better to be stranded in space than in America

  27. The future is shaping up to be like Wall-E. The part where human junk litters the land and orbit around Earth.

  28. Trump: You give me a nice piece of Chinese coastline to build a resort and casino and I’ll call Elon to save your people. Deal?

  29. That’s horrible… I wish them well..
    Not surprised though.. all the junk that’s orbiting.. we need a police call in LEO…

  30. Debris likely from reckless Chinese space activity.

  32. Context: On January 11, 2007, China conducted an anti-satellite test by destroying its own weather satellite, FY-1C, using a missile, which created a significant amount of space debris and raised international concerns about a potential arms race in space. This test marked China’s emergence as a major player in military space capabilities, demonstrating its ability to target satellites and impacting global security dynamics.

  33. We’ve REALLY got to do something about our space junk.

  35. I think they’re called Taikonauts? And the Soviets called theirs Cosmonauts.

  36. Didnt china blew up a satelite with a freggin rocket just to prove a point? Play stupid games win stupid prizes i guess.

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