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fromFuturism
1 day ago

Damage to Chinese Spacecraft Was Worse Than Reported

My first thought was whether a small leaf had somehow stuck to the outside of the window. But then I quickly realized that couldn't happen because we were in space. How could there possibly be a fallen leaf there? We could see very clearly the small cracks [with the microscope]. Several were relatively long, and one was shorter. We could also see that some of the cracks had penetrated through.
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fromwww.bostonherald.com
3 months ago

China launches Shenzhou 22 spacecraft to assist in return of 3 astronauts stranded on space station

China launched Shenzhou 22 to provide a backup return vehicle after a damaged Shenzhou 20 left astronauts temporarily without a guaranteed return.
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