It's A Long-Shot, But There Have Been Some Discussions At NASA, Of Using A SpaceX Capsule To Bring The ISS Trio Home If Needed, Before February 2023...

We won't make too much of too little here, since thus far, the primary plan involves a new Soyuz craft arriving in early February 2023 -- well within the crew's original food, and provisions / planning windows.

But as ever, NASA likes back ups -- to the back ups. From Reuters, this afternoon, then:

. . .NASA is exploring whether SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft can potentially offer an alternative ride home for some crew members of the International Space Station after a Russian capsule sprang a coolant leak while docked to the orbital lab.

NASA and Russia's space agency, Roscosmos, are investigating the cause of a punctured coolant line on an external radiator of Russia's Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft, which is supposed to return its crew of two cosmonauts and one U.S. astronaut to Earth early next year. . . .

It was unclear what NASA specifically asked of SpaceX's Crew Dragon capabilities, such as whether the company can find a way to increase the crew capacity of the Dragon currently docked to the station, or launch an empty capsule for the crew's rescue. . . .

Now you know. . . smiling into the coming new year.

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