For the first time, Russian cosmonauts boarded the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module, according to the press service of the Roscosmos state corporation.
The Science module docked to the space station on July 29th. Three hours after docking, the engines of the module turned on on their own, which caused the station to turn 45 degrees. To return the ISS to its previous position, the engines of the Zvezda module and the Progress MS-17 cargo vehicle were used.
“Today at 20:47 Moscow time, Roskosmos cosmonauts Oleg Novitsky and Pyotr Dubrov opened the transfer hatches and boarded the new Russian module“ Science ”,” the message from “Roscosmos.
Earlier, RSC Energia General Designer, Flight Director of the ISS Russian Segment, Vladimir Soloviev, said that the abnormal activation of the module’s engines on the ISS was due to a short-term software failure. In turn, Dmitry Rogozin, General Director of the Roscosmos state corporation, admitted that the incident could have happened due to the human factor.
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