Three Chinese astronauts won’t be returning to Earth this week as planned, as officials say their spaceship capsule may have been hit with space debris, causing damage. The crew, which has been in space for six months, will stay on China’s space station while their spaceship goes through impact analysis and risk assessment. | NBC News

Three astronauts are stranded in space after their return capsule was struck by ‘orbital debris’, it has been reported. Wang Jie, Chen Zhongrui and Chen Dong, who were part of the Shenzhou-20 space mission, flew to the Tiangong space station in April. They were expected to return yesterday after a six-month mission, and the Shenzhou-21 crew, who were sent to replace them, had already arrived on the weekend. | Metro