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Russian space module misfire mishap knocks ISS out of position - Aljazeera.com
Jul 30, 2021 1 min, 24 secs
Flight controllers forced to reorient the Intenational Space Station after jet thrusters on a Russian module inadvertently fire after docking.

Flight controllers have regained control of the International Space Station (ISS) after it was knocked off course by a newly arrived Russian research module.

Thursday’s mishap saw the jet thrusters of the multipurpose Nauka module inadvertently fire about three hours after it had latched on to the orbiting outpost, briefly throwing it out of control, officials with the United States space agency NASA said.

But the seven crew members on board – two Russian cosmonauts, three NASA astronauts, a Japanese astronaut and a European Space Agency astronaut from France – were never in any immediate danger, according to NASA.

In its broadcast coverage of the incident, Russia’s RIA news agency cited NASA specialists at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, as describing the struggle to regain control of the space station as a “tug of war” between the two modules.

Vladimir Solovyov, flight director of the space station’s Russian segment, said in a statement on Friday that because of the failure, a direct command to turn on the lab’s engines was mistakenly implemented.

Roscosmos said checks on Nauka’s engines were being completed remotely by Russian specialists to ensure everyone’s safety and that the ISS was on its normal flight trajectory.

Our work at the International Space Station to integrate the newly arrived Nauka module continues!” he tweeted!

Our work at the International @Space_Station to integrate the newly arrived #Nauka module continues.

On Monday, one of the older Russian units, the Pirs spacewalking compartment, undocked from the space station to free up room for the new lab

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