Newest ISS module, Nauka, randomly fires thrusters

[ConfusingJazz]

It's supposedly fixed now, but no one know why it happened, yet.

Today, the newest module in the International Space Station, the Russian built Nakua, was installed after a troublesome launch. (There was a problem at launch, and they were worried that it might not make it to ISS)



A couple hours later, the thrusters started to randomly go off, tilting the entire ISS


It's fixed now, the crew was not in immediate danger (other than being in space inside a listing space station), but no one currently know what happened.

 

[Kschreck]

Hopefully not sabotage.

 

[ConfusingJazz]

Hopefully not sabotage.

Click to shrink...

it's not, just incompetence.

This was originally planned to go up in 2007.
The prelaunch inspections and rehearsals found all sorts of errors
They still somehow undershot the launch last week, and were scared that they wouldn't have enough fuel to make the corrections to get it to ISS.

Just another onto the list.

Speaking of incompetence, this probably delayed the starliner launch tomorrow.

 

[TooFriendly]

45 degrees is a lot!

 

[Deleted member 14568]

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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[Gay Bowser]

Well that's terrifying.