MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian space official on Friday blamed a software problem on a newly docked science lab that briefly knocked the International Space Station out of position.
The space station lost control of its orientation for 47 minutes on Thursday, when Russia’s Nauka science lab accidentally fired its thrusters a few hours after docking, pushing the orbiting complex from its normal configuration.
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