The International Space Station unexpectedly rotated 57 degrees on its axis last Friday as the thrusters from Russia’s Soyuz unit burned for a long time. The Russian space agency reported that no one was injured and no one was in danger.
The accident occurred according to New York times Last Friday during an examination of the Soyuz MS-18 module by Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky. This module has been docked at the International Space Station since April of this year and returned to Earth this weekend by Russian actress Yulia Peresild and director Klim Shipenko. Their short stay on the International Space Station Where they made a movie.
“During the review, the thrusters of the MS-18 module were tested, but they paused to turn themselves off,” a NASA spokeswoman said. This caused the International Space Station to rotate 57 degrees on its own axis, a position that was corrected by the staff of the Russian space agency Roscosmos. This situation was corrected after half an hour and no further damage to the ISS was observed.
Roscosmos Publishing short statement About the accident, but did not provide any additional details. Timothy Kramer, a NASA employee, believes that the thrusters eventually failed to fire after reaching a certain limit that caused them to shut down. According to the man, NASA is still waiting for the results of Roscosmos research.
Update, 13:10: Correction of inconsistency in the article about the ignition of the thrusters.