20-day lifeline: how China pulled off the Shenzhou rescue mission
The idea of launching a large-scale emergency rescue mission in space – involving thousands of engineers, scientists and government personnel in a matter of days – has been the stuff of movies.
Films have dramatised such events as clock-ticking scenarios but in reality, even the most seasoned spacefaring nations have needed months to respond to in-orbit crises.
China has revealed details of its emergency involving the damaged Shenzhou-20’s return capsule in November and how it pulled off its…
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