A Chinese space crew is stranded at the country’s Tiangong space station after tiny pieces of space debris were believed to have struck their return capsule, China’s spaceflight agency said Wednesday.
The three-member Shenzhou-20 team had been scheduled to return to Earth on Wednesday, but their mission has been temporarily extended as engineers conduct impact analysis and risk assessments on the damaged spacecraft, the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) said in a statement.
Their return date has been postponed indefinitely, according to state broadcaster CCTV, which offered no further details.
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The crew’s return capsule is believed to have been hit by tiny fragments of space junk – an increasing hazard in low Earth orbit.
CMSA has not specified the extent of the damage or what repairs, if any,
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