The cause abnormal situation on the ISS called error on Earth – RBC

The International Space Station

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The fact that the cause of abnormal engine start docked to the ISS,” Union “could be due to incorrect commands from Earth, Interfax said a source in the space industry. As he said the agency operator from Earth had to give a command to test the “Kurs” system and undocking, and suggested that instead, apparently, went commanded on engines.

«Thus” Union “for getting the team reacted to it normally, no problems with his” board “no”, – the source said.

Meanwhile, according to Tass source in the rocket and space industry, engines “Union” could involved because of an error in a program that give commands from Earth. “Now the main version of the incident – a bug in the program instructions which entered the operators in the world, in the MCC, prior to testing,” – he said, explaining that he tested the rendezvous and docking radio system “Kurs”, as will undocking – June 11 will return to the ship Earth three cosmonauts. According to a source Tass, including some nonstandard orientation engines of the ship.

On the eve of the Federal Space Agency announced emergency situation in the Russian “Soyuz TMA-15M”, which led to a slight displacement of the ISS. At 18:32 conducted routine testing of radio rendezvous and docking of the ISS and “Soyuz”, during which abnormally start the engine “of the Union.” As a result, ISS significantly changed the situation, said the press service of the Federal Space Agency. The representative of the Russian Space Agency said that the threat to the crew of the ISS, the station and the staff returned the “Soyuz TMA-15M” to the earth is not, and added that in order to stabilize the space station has taken the necessary measures.

June 11 on a spaceship ” Soyuz TMA-15M “must return to Earth Russian Anton Shkaplerov, European astronaut Samantha Kristoforetti and American Terry Verts. It is assumed that they should land near the Kazakh town of Dzhezkazgan. “Soyuz TMA-15M” has arrived to the ISS in December 2014, delivered to the station Shkaplerova, Kristoforetti and Vertsa. ISS keeps watch an international crew of Russians Anton Shkaplerova, Gennady Padalka, Mikhail Kornienko and American Samantha Kristoforetti and Vertsa Terry and Scott Kelly.