During a solo mission, astronaut Lena Hart’s shuttle malfunctioned, stranding her in orbit. Earthside, her team scrambled, but communication was spotty. Days turned to weeks; oxygen dwindled. Lena recorded messages for her son, fearing the worst. On day 27, a faint signal crackled through—a young ham radio operator in Iceland had
picked up her distress call. He relayed coordinates to NASA, who launched a rescue. Lena’s capsule was retrieved just as her oxygen hit critical. Back on Earth, she met the boy, gifting him her mission patch. That signal, from a kid with a radio, became her lifeline, proving even the smallest voices can echo through the stars.
