NASA TV, Rob Navias, updating the situation now. Thread⬇️
- Zvezda's hatch was opened and crew was in process of getting things up and running when at 12:45pm EDT, Nauka began firing uncontrolled. ISS 45 degrees out of attitude. NO DANGER TO CREW! 1/x
- Zvezda's hatch was opened and crew was in process of getting things up and running when at 12:45pm EDT, Nauka began firing uncontrolled. ISS 45 degrees out of attitude. NO DANGER TO CREW! 1/x
Progress thrusters were used to regain ISS nominal attitude. Station is in a good configuration now. Russia teams will working Nauka thruster issue. 2/x
Zvezda's systems picked up the issue and tried to correct, but this attitude correction maneuver was quickly switched to Progress. 3/x
Will need to get #Nauka back into range with Russian ground stations in order to inhibit the thrusters so they don't fire uncommanded again. 4/x
JAXA and ESA control centers were also monitoring the issue real-time. NASA and Russian Flight Directors on duty are in communication and talking through next steps. 5/x
Situation is still too new and developing in some cases to realistically talk about potential impacts to #Starliner's planned launch tomorrow at this point. 6/x.
Mission Control Houston thinks they've seen something off the Starboard SARJ. Asking crew to take photos of any potential debris or ice, etc. NO TELEMETRY indicates there's an issue, just double checking. 7/x
And nothing seen by the crew. "Nothing wrong with the SARJ," says Thomas Pesquet. 8/x
And they can't see anything from #Dragon either. So no damage seen and NOTHING seen floating away from ISS. NO indications of damage to ISS at this time. 9/x
Russian controllers intervened in the situation "very quickly" when #Nauka began to misbehave. 10/x.
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