Recently, many news messages have begun to go out under the heading “Astronauts stuck in space.” Although this news reflects reality, but this is not quite as described. This point of view was made by the former astrophysicist of the National Aeronautics and Space Research Directorate (NASA), the Doctor of Sciences Umoles Yyldyz, who wrote an article for AA Anaaliz about astronauts, as well as competition between companies operating in the field of space.
The Boeing Starliner spacecraft, which went into space with two astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS), could not return to Earth at the planned time due to technical problems. Starliner returned to Earth on September 7 without a crew, as he needed refinement.
Risk in space travel
The flight of a person into space is associated with very complex and extremely sensitive processes. Space travel consist of such stages as the launch of astronauts into space using a rocket, the withdrawal of a spacecraft into orbit, a docking from the International Space Station and, finally, return to Earth. Each of these processes requires billions of investments, long tests and careful engineering solutions. The first huge investments were invested in space research back in the 60s, in the early stages of the era of manned cosmonautics, against the background of the United States’s ambitions (USA) and the Soviet Union during the Cold War. As technology develops, changes and space studies also underwent. Despite the fact that a person’s flights into space are a rather risky process, judging by statistics, in general, there were only a few large incidents. Among them are the disasters of the shuttle “Challenger” and “Colombia”, as well as the Soviet mission “Apollo-1”.