Three Chinese astronauts remain on Tiangong space station after return capsule swap

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Three Chinese astronauts are stranded on the Tiangong space station after their colleagues used their return capsule. The Shenzhou-20 crew returned to Earth in the Shenzhou-21 capsule due to damage to their own. This leaves the Shenzhou-21 crew without a ride home. A replacement capsule may launch soon, but the stranded astronauts face potential risks until then. This situation echoes past astronaut "strandings" on the ISS.


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