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Friday, 15 June 2007

Space Station experiences unknown electrical failure

Officials with NASA and the Russian space agency still don't know why the computers went down. They had never seen that type of failure on the space station before, and they believe it may be related to electrical power rather than computer software

Russian computers that control the international space station's orientation and oxygen and water supplies were partly working again Thursday after failing the day before. Flight controllers in Moscow were able to re-establish some communication with the computers overnight, and Russian engineers were working Thursday to restore the rest of the system, NASA space station flight director Holly Ridings said. "They've made a lot of progress," she said. "There are some cleanup steps to do still and some investigation." Officials with NASA and the Russian space agency still don't know why the computers went down. They had never seen that type of failure on the space station before, and they believe it may be related to electrical power rather than computer software. A new solar array had been unfolded outside the station Tuesday to help provide power for the orbiting outpost, and astronauts spent Wednesday hooking up a joint that will let the solar arrays track the sun. (CNN)




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