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Pattern Altitude
It wouldn’t be surprising if on every Space Station mission there is a contingency plan that includes a problem with the return vehicle requiring the trip to be extended. The astronauts probably go up knowing that the mission could be weeks longer than planned. Every time we take off in our planes, it’s with the understanding that a divert might happen due to a squawk or an overnight turns into a couple days due to weather. Same thing in space, right? Just on a grander scale.