China’s latest taikonaut trio just pulled off the ultimate “oopsie” in orbit: their ride home got dinged by space garbage, so the previous crew said “peace out” and took the only working escape capsule back to Earth—leaving three very polite astronauts floating around Tiangong with no lifeboat. It’s like Uber Eats delivered your replacement crew but forgot to leave the car. Somewhere Boeing is breathing a sigh of relief that for once it’s not their spacecraft stranding people for nine months.
Chinese Astronauts Stranded in Space With No Return Vehicle
