Roscosmos and NASA will conduct a joint investigation of the incident with the Russian module "Science"
Roscosmos and NASA will jointly investigate the situation with the Russian module "Science" docked to the ISS yesterday, July 29. The investigation will be led by the Russian state corporation, said the head of the ISS program at NASA Joel Montalbano.
The International Space Station was not damaged, Moltanbano said, commenting on the incident with Russia's Nauka module. According to him, Russia will lead the investigation, which, according to the existing rules, will be conducted jointly by Roscosmos and NASA.
The Russian module "Science" docked to the ISS on Thursday, July 29, after eight days of flight. After docking, the module abnormally turned on the engines and turned the station around 45 degrees. To stabilize the ISS, the engines of the Russian Progress spacecraft and the Zvezda module had to be used. They managed to regain control over the station, and a special investigation will be carried out on this fact. It was preliminarily stated that the situation is related to the work with fuel residues in the module.
Later, the head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin wrote on Twitter that everything is in order on board the ISS, the crew is resting.
Meanwhile, NASA has postponed the second test flight to the ISS of Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft. The Americans said that the postponement of the launch for August 3 is connected with the investigation of the situation with the Russian module "Science".
The "Science" module launched to the ISS on July 21 is intended not only for scientific work and research. It will also be used for orientation of the ISS, docking of ships and maintaining the station's life support system. In addition, there is a living single cabin in the module.
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