What NASA did when Russian module Nauka spun the ISS

Quartz ^ | 29 Jul 2021 | Tim Fernholz

[blueplum]

A 'spacecraft emergency' occurred yesterday.

[mylife]

scary

[robowombat]

Yes, read the entire article.

[llevrok]

I’m so glad Obama shut down our manned space program making us reliant upon the Rooskies. /sarc

[mad_as_he$$]

Space travel is a dangerous business. That said I am surprised that the Russian craft wasn’t put into a “safe” mode immediately after arrival.

[Dubh_Ghlase]

Reminds me a bit of the pattern drawn by the EVERGIVEN when it was first hacked prior to the crew "regaining" control due to the "navigational glitch" and entering the Suez canal. We all know how that ended up...

I think someone was dropping a hint to someone. Keep an eye to the sky...

[tired&retired]

Only 14 years late...

Per the article:

How Nauka caused the ISS to tumble
The adventure began as part of big project: Adding a new module built in Russia to the ISS. Called the Multipurpose Laboratory Module (MLM) or by the Russian word for science, Nauka, the 42 foot long, 20-ton module was scheduled to arrive at the station in 2007, but faced various delays before launching earlier this month.

Once it reached orbit, reports emerged about problems with its thrusters.

[tired&retired]

“The station began to pitch over at a rate that reached 0.5 degrees per second, which would led it to flip over completely after twelve minutes. “

[bgill]

[VanShuyten]

Since the ISS is made up of many small parts linked together, I wonder about the stress on the connections during a spin like that.

[moovova]

“Moscow, we have a problem.”

[GingisK]

What makes you think Russian equipment has “safe mode”?

[Sequoyah101]

Various delays that took 14 years to correct?

Oh my. Really?

Hard to understand or believe.

[Thrownatbirth]

I’ve watched Russians warships up close, and the sailors are more inept than they are belligerent. Collisions and accidents are the cost of doing business with the hapless Russians.

[Catfan15]

This was probably the ISS’s closest call for a full abort. I don’t think anyone really knows how close it got.

It delayed Starliner’s launch by almost a week, if that’s to say anything.

[markman46]

was support to be launched in 2007, contamination in the engine propellent tanks, started out life as a backup to the Zaria module

[Sequoyah101]

What would a “full abort” be?

[Catfan15]

Abandoning it and and most likely have to de-orbit.

[McGruff]

A quick thinking Russian cosmonaut used the system reset feature.

[Sequoyah101]

So like, The End for the whole station and not just the new module?