{"id":22624,"date":"2021-08-03T18:53:19","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T10:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/update-nasa-on-duty-flight-director-interview-watch-the-moment-things-went-wrong-when-nauka-joined-the-iss-video\/"},"modified":"2021-08-03T18:53:19","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T10:53:19","slug":"update-nasa-on-duty-flight-director-interview-watch-the-moment-things-went-wrong-when-nauka-joined-the-iss-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/update-nasa-on-duty-flight-director-interview-watch-the-moment-things-went-wrong-when-nauka-joined-the-iss-video\/","title":{"rendered":"[Update: NASA on-duty flight director interview] Watch the moment things went wrong when Nauka joined the ISS [Video]"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"img-border featured-image wp-block-image--obfuscated\">\n<p>\t<img width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=1600\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=320&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=640&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=1024&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=1500&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-attachment-id=\"16644\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/2021\/07\/29\/new-space-station-module-causes-loss-of-attitude-control-control-since-regained\/naukadocking_nasatv\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png\" data-orig-size=\"3490,1854\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"NaukaDocking_NASAtv\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\n\n<p>Image Credit: NASA<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; data-large-file=&#8221;https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=1024&#8243;><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\tImage Credit: NASA\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier this week Russia launched their newest module to the International Space Station. After a rough orbit insertion, Nauka caused even more issues when it started firing its thrusters while attached to the International Space Station. Video shows Nauka\u2019s docking mishap.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-16709\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NASA stated that no astronauts were in any danger during the inadvertent thruster firings. Despite this assertion, the station lost attitude control after Nauka fired its thrusters. NASA said the ISS was tilted 45 degrees out of its nominal orientation. While may not seem like big deal since they are in space (they can just spin around and not hit anything right?), this actually meant the solar panels and radiators had to be repositioned to continue to operate nominally. Communications were also temporarily lost with the station and had to be regained multiple times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While NASA said it was only a 45-degree tilt, others are thinking it moved much more than that. One of the flight directors that was on duty during the issue said the 45-degree report was \u201cpremature\u201d and \u201cwe proceeded to do headstands and cartwheels.\u201d A new video from Liam Kennedy, who regularly shares time-lapses from the ISS\u2019s onboard cameras, shows the moment Nauka began firing its thrusters after docking. In his opinion, he said it looked like \u201cthe station completely flipped over\u201d. Since you could start seeing the light from the Earth show as it turns over.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignwide is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" style=\"position: static; visibility: visible; width: 250px; height: 517px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=SethKurk&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1421354917504065536&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fspaceexplored.com%2F2021%2F08%2F02%2Fwatch-the-moment-things-started-to-go-wrong-when-nauka-joined-the-iss-video%2F&amp;sessionId=bbbaca952222999adb90d7411c02eca6a1a1ccaf&amp;siteScreenName=space_explored&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=500px\" data-tweet-id=\"1421354917504065536\"><\/iframe><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Due to Nauka\u2019s docking incident, the launch of Boeing\u2019s Starliner was delayed to no earlier than Tuesday, August 3rd. This improved the weather forecast but means the launch is now closer to the launch of Northrup Grumman\u2019s Antares rocket, which is also headed to the ISS and will most likely get priority if Boeing\u2019s launch slips more.<\/p>\n<p>\t<span class=\"outbrain-ad-label\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<script type=\"text\/plain\">\n\t\t\twindow.adSlotsConfig = window.adSlotsConfig || [];<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tadSlotsConfig.push( {\n\t\t\t\tslotID: '\/1049447\/Outbrain',\n\t\t\t\tslotName: 'div-gpt-ad-outbrain-ad-16709',\n\t\t\t\tsizes: [300, 250],\n\t\t\t\tslotPosition: 'mid_article'\n\t\t\t} );\n\t\t<\/script><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-flight-director-during-emergency-was-impromptu-on-duty\">Flight Director during emergency was \u201cimpromptu\u201d on duty<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The veteran flight directer Zebulon Scoville, who we quoted earlier, was in charge only out of luck. Gregory Whitney, a NASA flight director since 2011, was on shift but had a meeting to attend after Nauka successfully docked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Scoville, in an interview with The New York Times, stated he worked on preparations for Nauka so \u201cI decided to put on a tie and just go and watch it from the viewing gallery behind the control room.\u201d He impromptu took over for Whitney and almost soon after the chaos began. For the first time in Scoville\u2019s career, he had to declare a spacecraft emergency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under the command of him and directors in Russia, the crew was able to secure the station and counteract the thruster firings. Scoville thanked his training for being able to handle the emergency, something NASA has proud itself on for decades.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-read-more\">Read More<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Upcoming Launch: Boeing Starliner to conduct its second orbital test flight<\/li>\n<li>New Space Station module causes loss of attitude control; Control since regained<\/li>\n<li>Astronaut visits ULA\u2019s facilities and shows off their wonky elevator floors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-want-to-help-support-space-explored\">Want to help support Space Explored?<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shop on&nbsp;Amazon&nbsp;to support Space Explored writers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Directly support Seth by becoming a member of their&nbsp;Patreon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/unistellar-telescope.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17371\" width=\"750\" height=\"150\"><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22624"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22624\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}