The reason for failure at joining the “Union” with the ISS could be a problem with the engine – Kommersant

manned spacecraft “Soyuz TMA-19M” with the crew of a new expedition docked with the ISS in manual rather than automatic mode because of a shortage of thrust of one engine approach and orientation, according to TASS referring to a source in the space industry. “The reason for switching to manual mode – a shortage of thrust of one engine approach and orientation”, – the source said.

In turn, another source said that the failure of the system of automatic docking “Kurs-A” was due to crosstalk radio signal from the US cargo ship Cygnus (located in the part of the ISS since December 9).

Earlier, the acting head of the Russian Federal Space Agency Alexander Ivanov explained that the docking was carried out manually due to a malfunction of automatic control. “The commander of the manned spacecraft switched to manual control, and all passed cleanly” – said Mr. Ivanov. In turn, Head of the State Organization “Research Institute of the Cosmonaut Training Center. Gagarin “Yuri Lonchakov noted that it” once again showed skill of the crew commander ».

wrote” b “, the carrier rocket” Soyuz-FG “with manned spacecraft “Soyuz TMA-19M”, carrying the new crew of the ISS, launched yesterday from the Baikonur cosmodrome at 14:03 Moscow time. Recall, the ship delivered a new ISS crew of Yuri Malenchenko (Roscosmos), Timothy Kopra (NASA), and Timothy Peake (European Space Agency).