Russian lab module docked on ISS deemed safe after initial scare

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With propellant pressurization lines now vented, the new Nauka lab module is ready for activation and outfitting.

Playing it safe, the seven-member crew of the International Space Station moved into the U.S. segment of the outpost Friday, closed hatches and window shutters and stood by while Russian flight controllers vented helium pressurization lines in the newly arrived Nauka lab module.

The Russian Nauka multi-purpose laboratory module, seen here, docked at the International Space Station early Thursday. A software error caused unexpected thruster firings later, when the module was out of direct contact with Russian flight controllers, which briefly knocked the station out of its normal orientation. / Credit: Oleg Novitskiy/Twitter

NASA flight director Zeb Scoville later tweeted the result was a "force fight" between Nauka and Zvezda's thrusters. Given the orientation of the modules and the relative strengths of the thrusters, "the ISS brought a knife to a gun fight."

 

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