What if a Soyuz were to land in North America? How would NASA respond?
When Columbia disintegrated during reentry, NASA was able to implement a continegcny plan and did so within minutes. This plan had been prepared well in advance of the Columbia accident – indeed, it had just recently undergone a review and revision at the direction of Sean O’Keefe. As was the case with a Shuttle accident, NASA (in cooperation with Russia) has developed plans for what to do in case of a contingency Soyuz landing in North America. Although the entire, final plan has not been made public, we can provide, for the first time, portions of the plan under development a year or so ago. Editor’s note: these documents are presented verbatim with the exception of telephone numbers which have been removed and replaced with [DELETED]. All documents are in PDF format. • Attachment A: Draft (English) 1.0 Soyuz Contingency Landings in US (and North America) is a draft version of a series of calls (interactions, decisions, notifications, etc.) to be made as soon as it becomes clear that
