MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian space official says engineers will need to analyze whether a glitch that caused the International Space Station to spin out of its normal orientation could have any impact on the orbiting outpost’s systems. Sergei Krikalev, director of crewed space programs at the Russian space corporation Roscosmos, emphasized Wednesday that the incident didn’t inflict any observable damage, but he said experts would study its potential implications. Thrusters on Russia’s Nauka laboratory module fired shortly after the module arrived at the space station on Thursday, making the orbiting outpost slowly spin about one-and-a-half revolutions. U.S. and Russian space officials said the seven-person crew wasn’t in danger. NASA emphasized Wednesday that the station was operating normally.
Impact of space station spin requires study, official says
