Equipment Failure Causes Loss of Contact With Russian, US Astronauts
Posted on: Tuesday, 3 August 2004, 06:00 CDT
Text of report by Russian Ekho Moskvy radio on 3 August
Communication was lost for 20 minutes during a spacewalk by the astronauts [Russian Gennadiy Padalka and American Michael Fincke]
. The International Space Station temporarily lost its orientation. According to preliminary information, this happened because three US (?gyrodynes) had been overloaded. [Russian] Mission Control Centre specialists had to switch on the Zvezda module's engines and after some time the station's orientation was restored. A NASA representative told journalists that this had never happened before during a spacewalk.Related Articles
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