The final information on the causes of the incident with the unplanned start of the engines of the Russian module “Nauka” after docking with the ISS will be known in about two to three weeks. This was announced on Monday, August 9, by the head of the American program of the station, Joel Montalbano, during a press conference, which was broadcast on the official website of NASA.
– The Aeronautics and Space Administration is in constant contact with our colleagues from Russia. Work is underway, it’s too early to say anything concrete. We will be able to report the reasons for the incident in two to three weeks, – he said.
As the website Kp.ru wrote, the new multipurpose laboratory module “Science” was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome on July 21 this year, and on July 29 it docked to the International Space Station. After docking, the engines of the module turned on unintentionally and unexpectedly. The head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, later announced that the module's engines were turned on due to problems associated with the control system algorithms.
