MOSCOW, Dec. 29 — Russia’s Mir space station suffered a minor glitch in orbit when controllers on Earth tried but failed to tilt it so more solar panels would face the sun, a Mission Control spokesman said Friday.
THE COMPLICATION Thursday was minor and will not affect the craft’s overall flight worthiness, said spokesman Valery Lyndin. It was routine for Russian engineers, who fly the 140-ton orbiting station by remote control, he said.
Controllers will try the maneuver again later, he said.
Lyndin denied Russian media reports Friday that Mission Control had lost radio contact with the Mir, as it had earlier this week.
“The station is under control and follows commands from the ground,” he told the Associated Press.
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THE COMPLICATION Thursday was minor and will not affect the craft’s overall flight worthiness, said spokesman Valery Lyndin. It was routine for Russian engineers, who fly the 140-ton orbiting station by remote control, he said.
Controllers will try the maneuver again later, he said.
Lyndin denied Russian media reports Friday that Mission Control had lost radio contact with the Mir, as it had earlier this week.
“The station is under control and follows commands from the ground,” he told the Associated Press.
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"Everything was true. God was an alien. Oz really is over the
rainbow. ...and Midian is where the monsters live." -Nightbreed
"The quickest way to a woman's heart, is with a pickaxe." - Cryptkeeper