She indeed floats easily back to the ISS now. He sacrifices himself for her survival and unclips his strap, floating away. His additional mass stretches the parachute cords causing the two of them to nearly break free. At the last moment, Stone becomes entangled in parachute cords connected to the ISS and is able to grab hold of the tether connected to Kowalski. As they both bounce off the ISS further, a solar wing they pass severs the the tether holding the two together. Stone is able to grab onto the ISS for a moment, however, Kowalski's momentum yanks Stone away from the ISS. They bounce off the many parts of the ISS as they attempt to grab on at their accelerated speed relative to the station. It becomes clear that the remaining Soyuz module cannot return them to Earth safely.Īs they approach the ISS they realize they have almost no air left and only one thruster burst remaining in Kowalski's pack. The other Soyuz module has been damaged, and its landing parachute has been deployed as a result. One Soyuz module for delivering ISS crew and returning them to Earth is missing, used by the ISS crew to evacuate the station. As they approach the ISS, it is clear that the ISS crew has evacuated due to the debris field causing damage. En route to the ISS, the two discuss Stone's life back home and the death of her young daughter in a schoolyard accident. Kowalski is ever calm and efficient in the crisis, continuing to reassure Stone that they will both make it back to Earth safely. Kowalski sets the timer on his suit for 90 minutes, estimating the debris that destroyed Explorer will orbit the Earth and come back around in that amount of time. They then decide to use the thruster pack to make their way to the ISS, which is nearby in orbit. The two tether together, and make their way back to Explorer, where they discover the shuttle has been damaged beyond repair, and the rest of their crew are dead. Kowalski, who is wearing a thruster pack as part of his spacesuit navigates to Stone and retrieves her. Stone tumbles out of control after separating from the shuttle's cargo bay arm. Even though they do not receive messages from Mission Control, both Kowalski and Stone continue to transmit "in the blind" to Mission Control, in the hopes that Mission Control can hear them. The debris continues to hit other satellites, causing a chain reaction of destruction until the satellites necessary for the two astronauts to communicate with Mission Control in Houston are also destroyed. During a spacewalk, debris from a satellite crashes into the space shuttle Explorer, destroying most of it and leaving them stranded in space with limited air. Ryan Stone is on her first space shuttle mission, accompanied by veteran astronaut Matt Kowalski, who is commanding his final expedition. Spoiler warning: The following contains plot details aboutīiomedical engineer Dr.
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