ISS destablizes after new module's engines malfunction

[Typhon]

Russian module mishap destabilises International Space Station

The ISS was pushed out of position after engines on a new Russian module unexpectedly fired up.

www.bbc.com

The International Space Station (ISS) was destabilised after engines of a newly-arrived Russian module inadvertently fired up, officials say.
"Mission control teams corrected the action and all systems are operating normally," US space agency Nasa said.
This was done by activating thrusters on another module of the ISS. An investigation is now under way.
US and Russian officials said that the seven crew members aboard the space station were never in any danger.
The malfunction happened several hours after Nauka module docked with the ISS on Thursday, following an eight-day flight.
Nasa tweeted that "the module's thrusters started firing at 12:45pm ET (16:45 GMT) inadvertently and unexpectedly, moving the station 45 degrees out of attitude".

It added that "recovery operations have regained attitude" and that "the station is back in attitude control and is in good shape".
Communications with the ISS crew were lost for several minutes during the incident. However. they "really didn't feel any movement" as the space station pitched at half-a-degree a second.

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That's a hell of a malfunction

 

[J_ToSaveTheDay]

Glad the crew is ok and things generally seem to be optimistic in tone on recovery... but yeah, my imagination was expecting another tragedy with the headline/thread title. Whew.

 

[MikeHattsu]

Newly arrived Nauka MLM fires inadvertently and caused ISS to lose altitude control by 45°. Astronauts not in danger, situation is stable. News

This happened roughly an hour ago. The newly arrived Nauka multipurpose laboratory module unexpectedly fired it's thrusters, which caused the entire ISS to shift by 45° and lose its attitude control. To combat this, they activated the Zvezda service thrusters and regained attitude control. The...

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[DBT85]

Burn up on reentry if old.