ISS Astronaut Evacuation
Discussions center on the logistics and procedures for evacuating or returning astronauts from the ISS during medical issues or extended missions, including reserved seats in docked capsules like Soyuz or Crew Dragon and the physical toll of space on the body.
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Not if you're in space on a mission.
because astronauts being in space isn't a problem. the ISS always has a capsule docked to it in case emergency evacuation is needed
seems like a normal thing after that long in space. am i missing something?
Does crew dragon have the appropriate airlock to allow for a spacewalk?
A Soyuz capsule that never enters the atmosphere would have a very upset crew.
Everyone on the ISS needs to have a seat reserved for them in a docked spacecraft, in case they need to evacuate the station quickly (or for a medical issue like this). You can’t bring back just one person from a 4-person crew; the other 3 would have no way to leave.
Explanation by the astronaut here: https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/156x2ft/comment/jt1v...
Hehehe, I imagine it bothers the astronauts as well...
I doubt this is anything serious, they were in space longer than intended.
Yes. Worst case, they will have to take a Dragon or Soyuz home.