The crisis in Ukraine is causing some tension between the United States and Russia. If Russia decided that they don’t want to bring American astronauts on the International Space Station back to Earth, are they stranded? Trace breaks down a few alternate ways we could bring astronauts back home.
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“With tensions escalating between Russia and Ukraine, the pressure is on President Obama to do more than issue stern warnings to the Russian government.”
Russian Cosmonaut Returns After Being Stranded In Space
“Cosmonaut 3rd Class Sergei Krikalev, stuck in a space station as an orbiting hostage to budget problems on the ground in Russia, returned on Wednesday to a bewilderingly different country than he left 10 months ago.”
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Apollo-Soyu Test Project
“The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP), in July 1975, was the first joint U.S.-Soviet space flight, and the last flight of an Apollo spacecraft.”
Shuttle-Mir Program
“The Shuttle-Mir Program was a collaborative space program between Russia and the United States, which involved American Space Shuttles visiting the Russian space station Mir, Russian cosmonauts flying on the shuttle, and an American astronaut flying aboard a Soyuz spacecraft to engage in long-duration expeditions aboard Mir.”
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