<story><title>US segment of ISS evacuated due to possible cooling system leak</title><url>https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2015/01/14/space-station-update/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>mabbo</author><text>Not following NASA and the ISS and well as I used to, I know there were plans to build a &amp;#x27;lifeboat&amp;#x27; for the crew. Is that a thing now? If something catastrophic happens, what does the crew &lt;i&gt;do&lt;/i&gt;?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>danepowell</author><text>There&amp;#x27;s usually two three-person crews on the station at any given time, so two capsules are kept docked and ready to serve as lifeboats.&lt;p&gt;Since the Soyuz is the sole means of transportation to and from the station, they simply put the capsules into a rotation. When a new crew arrives, they leave their capsule docked and the departing crew rides the oldest capsule back to Earth.</text></comment>
<story><title>US segment of ISS evacuated due to possible cooling system leak</title><url>https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2015/01/14/space-station-update/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>mabbo</author><text>Not following NASA and the ISS and well as I used to, I know there were plans to build a &amp;#x27;lifeboat&amp;#x27; for the crew. Is that a thing now? If something catastrophic happens, what does the crew &lt;i&gt;do&lt;/i&gt;?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>nnhtzgf</author><text>Currently there is a Dragon from SpaceX attached to the station. It is not equipped for but in a crisis it is capable of returning all crew members.</text></comment>