00:00Three astronauts are stuck in space, and no one knows what hit their ship.
00:04For six months, Chendong, Chen Zhanggrui, and Wangji have been living and working aboard China's Tiangong Space Station.
00:11But just days before their return, disaster struck. Literally.
00:16Their Shenzhou-20 spacecraft was hit by something in orbit, and now they're stranded.
00:21Experts believe it was space junk—that's old satellite parts, rocket debris, and even tools—
00:27flying at 17,000 miles per hour. It's like being in a shooting gallery, in space.
00:33The damage was bad enough that the capsule might not be safe for reentry.
00:37And with no confirmed backup plan yet, both astronaut teams, Shenzhou-20 and 21, are scrambling to assess the damage.
00:45And here's the twist. This isn't even the first time this has happened this year.
00:50NASA astronauts got stranded just seven months ago.
00:53The question now isn't just how they'll get home, but how many more times this can happen before space becomes too dangerous to explore.
01:01So many more times this can happen for example.
01:03I'm a visitor to the right to find out.
01:06It's intentional.
01:07They're waving to a recruit.
01:09They're waving to an aider.
01:11And so they're waving to the right, so they're waving to the right, so they seem to make them happy.
01:14They're waving to that lovely way from looking forward.
01:16And so they're waving to the right.
01:17They're waving to your right, so they're waving to the right.
01:20There's a great side of the right, so I'm coming back from there.
01:21And again, I can see it as a meeting here, because of the left.
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