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Ninthace

7th November 2025 12:59

Chinese Taikonauts Stranded

Three Chinese astronauts, or taikonauts, have been temporarily stranded in space after their return capsule was struck by a piece of suspected "space junk" hours before it was due to depart. Officials are investigating exactly what happened, but so far, there is no indication of how much damage the craft sustained or when the crew will return to Earth.

Three Chinese astronauts stranded in space after debris hits their return capsule

B Fraser

8th November 2025 13:39

That's rather ironic given that the nation who has destroyed satellites using weapons, creating showers of orbital fragments is................China.

:ugh:

TURIN

8th November 2025 15:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by B Fraser (Post 11985334)

That's rather ironic given that the nation who has destroyed satellites using weapons, creating showers of orbital fragments is................China.

:ugh:

They're not the only ones, USA, RUSSIA and INDIA have also tested ASAT weapons.

SkyJoker

8th November 2025 15:55

Is SpaceX going help?:ok:

judyjudy

8th November 2025 21:26

Send up a SpaceX Dragon with a Uber sign on the outside.

TWT	9th November 2025 04:10

The surge pricing would be 'astronomical'....

B Fraser

9th November 2025 06:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by TURIN (Post 11985366)

They're not the only ones, USA, RUSSIA and INDIA have also tested ASAT weapons.

The India test was in low earth orbit where the debris would re-enter and burn up within a few weeks of the event. All debris was confirmed as having returned to earth in June 2022. The USA have banned testing since 2022.

One Chinese ASAT test has generated a cloud of debris estimated at 40,000 pieces of shrapnel in a roughly polar orbit.

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