Russian space module misfire mishap knocks ISS out of position

Flight controllers forced to reorient the Intenational Space Station after jet thrusters on a Russian module inadvertently fire after docking.

Flight controllers have regained control of the International Space Station (ISS) after it was knocked off course by a newly arrived Russian research module. Thursday’s mishap saw the jet thrusters of the multipurpose Nauka module inadvertently fire about three hours after it had latched on to the orbiting outpost, briefly throwing it out of control, officials with the United States space agency NASA said. It took place as mission controllers in Moscow were performing some post-docking “reconfiguration” procedures, according to NASA.