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The International Space Station temporarily lost attitude control on 2021-07-29 when thrusters on the new Russian Nauka module fired three hours after docking.
NASA expected to have a better idea of the schedule for completing the Nauka investigation within two to three weeks following the 2021-08-09 briefing.
The Nauka science laboratory accidentally fired its thrusters for 47 minutes on 2021-07-29 after docking with the International Space Station.
The Nauka thruster firing pushed the International Space Station from its normal configuration and interrupted solar power collection and space communications twice on 2021-07-29.
The Starliner launch had originally been scheduled for 2021-07-30 but was postponed after the International Space Station temporarily lost attitude control when thrusters on the Nauka module fired several hours after docking on 2021-07-29.
A temporary loss of attitude control at the International Space Station on 2021-07-29 was caused by thruster firings of the Nauka module several hours after Nauka docked with the station.
Russian controllers were able to turn off Nauka’s thrusters and the station’s attitude control was restored at 1:29 p.m. Eastern on 2021-07-29.
The Russian Multipurpose Laboratory Module (MLM) Nauka docked to the International Space Station’s Zvezda service module at 9:29 a.m. Eastern on 2021-07-29.
Nauka launched on 2021-07-21 on a Proton rocket and experienced multiple technical problems, including with its propulsion system, immediately after reaching orbit.
Nauka started firing its thrusters at about 12:34 p.m. Eastern on 2021-07-29 for unknown reasons.
NASA postponed the 2021-07-30 launch of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) because the investigation into Nauka’s unplanned thruster firing was still ongoing.
Engineers expected to complete a quick-look analysis of the station by the end of 2021-07-29 while controllers worked to reconfigure Nauka.
The International Space Station lost attitude control eight minutes after Nauka began firing its thrusters, moving as much as 45 degrees out of alignment.
Nauka is scheduled to dock with the International Space Station on 2021-07-29.
Nauka, the Russian Multipurpose Laboratory Module (MLM), launched 2021-07-21 and performed two maneuvers on 2021-07-22 to raise its orbit.
Roscosmos originally proposed launching Nauka in 2007 and experienced repeated delays including a required replacement of the module’s propulsion system.
A Proton-M rocket launched the Multipurpose Laboratory Module Nauka from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on 2021-07-21.
Nauka includes a European robotic arm that ESA astronauts on the ISS, including Thomas Pesquet who is part of Crew-2, will help commission to support exterior scientific research and relocation of modules on the Russian segment.