[xp38]

Major Sum Ting Wong is in charge.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Elon Musk can send one of his ‘Uber’ Spacecraft to pick them up. No worries. :)

[crusty old prospector]

Space debris sounds like an ever-increasing risk.

[cgbg]

“Heavenly Palace”

That may not turn out to be a good name...

[Red Badger]

Chinese Takeout..............

[butlerweave]

Chinese Debris ?

[BenLurkin]

Prayers up for the crews.

[Political Junkie Too]

it's not known what exactly it was that struck the spacecraft

Maybe it was the handbag of tools that our first all-woman spacewalk team lost during their repair mission?

-PJ

[Robert A Cook PE]

Sounds more like 6x Chinese astronauts are stranded, if the Nov 5 turnover was not complete when the return capsule wasa struck by debris.

Most, but not all, debris in space in near-earth orbit altitudes is debris from broken up Russian (Soviet Union) reactor cores and solidified liquid coolant from Soviet Union radar spy satellites. Many more pieces are from Chinese and Soviet Union anti-satellite test missiles, test impacts, and test explosions.

[Red6]

On a serious note, national pride should be set aside and if astronauts from any nation are stranded, any other nation with a vehicle on the ready should be made available.

Of course “generous” compensation should follow (agreed upon beforehand).

There should be a MOA between all nations with manned space programs: China, Russia, US.

[null and void]

One wonders if it was debris from the satellite China deliberately blew up as part of its anti-satellite testing a while back?

[wardaddy]

I have someone in mind can help

[Jeff Chandler]

Starlink satellite?

[Magnum44]

We really need to clean some of the space debris up...

...struck by an unknown object in Earth orbit...

[NorthMountain]

1) It ain’t Boeing, this time.

2) Can they send up an empty, man-rated spacecraft?

3) Can Dragon dock to the chicom space station?

[Berosus]

Because I used to live 50 miles from Cape Canaveral, I have been interested in news about space flight for nearly all of my life. This is the first time I have heard of trouble on a Chinese mission. Supposedly all of the other Chinese missions went perfectly, if you can believe the Xinhua media.

By the way, I know some people think Xi Jinping looks like Winnie-the-Pooh. Is that why Pooh is in the above photo?

[Dr. Franklin]

The collision left a noticeable mark on the space vehicle's hull, leading the team to fear Shenzhou 20 may have also sustained internal damage that could endanger their flight home.

That's going to leave a mark.

[Sacajaweau]

Dr. Musk...Pick up Line 3 please...

[doorgunner69]

It would be karma if the debris came form that satellite China blew up leaving much junk in orbit.

[Vermont Lt]

Temu spaceships suck.