FLORIDA – The International Space Station (ISS) was destabilized after engines of a newly arrived Russian module inadvertently fired up.
“Mission control teams corrected the action and all systems are operating normally,” National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said.
This was done by activating thrusters on other modules of the ISS.
United States and Russian officials stressed that the seven crew members aboard the space station were never in any danger.
The malfunction happened three hours after the Nauka module docked with the ISS on Thursday, following an eight-day flight from Earth.
NASA officials said Nauka’s jets started firing uncommanded at 12:34 Eastern Daylight Time “moving the station 45 degrees out of attitude”.(BBC)
