There is also a SpaceX dragon capsule currently docked to the ISS. That seats four. 8 people in space on the ISS right now. Maybe there’s enough space with suits on, but I can’t imagine there’s much leg room for that road trip.
The Dragon in question is kitted for 3. There’s also an emergency evac capsule (Still a Soyuz I think EDIT: Yes, Soyuz MS-25!). But that’s only another 2-3 and having US astronauts brought back by Roscosmos would be…embarassing.
Have them touch down and recovered by a Russian crew, give them a massive welcome home and “mission accomplished” parade in Moscow before returning them to the U.S.
There is also a SpaceX dragon capsule currently docked to the ISS. That seats four. 8 people in space on the ISS right now. Maybe there’s enough space with suits on, but I can’t imagine there’s much leg room for that road trip.
The Dragon in question is kitted for 3. There’s also an emergency evac capsule (Still a Soyuz I think EDIT: Yes, Soyuz MS-25!). But that’s only another 2-3 and having US astronauts brought back by Roscosmos would be…embarassing.
Russia will do it just to flex
Have them touch down and recovered by a Russian crew, give them a massive welcome home and “mission accomplished” parade in Moscow before returning them to the U.S.![emoji hahaha hahaha](https://lemm.ee/api/v3/image_proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hexbear.net%2Fpictrs%2Fimage%2F70346ef9-7f56-4bae-ac6d-4ef3a9a1ac58.png)
the USSR would definitely have done this, shame russia isnt cool anymore![emoji sadness sadness](https://lemm.ee/api/v3/image_proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hexbear.net%2Fpictrs%2Fimage%2F3de7432c-5d0b-441d-9167-0c61cc3838ab.png)