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Backup Computer Glitches On Space Station But Crew Safe, NASA Says
The International Space Station. Credit: NASA
A backup computer that controls “some systems associated with robotics” on the International Space Station is not “responding to commands”, NASA said in a late-night statement Eastern time Friday (April 11).
The crew is safe and for now there is no change to the SpaceX Dragon launch to the station on Monday, which requires the robotic Canadarm2 for berthing. NASA added, however, that there are “further evaluations” going on, meaning the date could change depending on what controllers figure out.
If the computer does need to be replaced, crew members of Expedition 39 will need to do at least one spacewalk, the agency added. NASA is allowing contingency spacewalks in American spacesuits to go forward as the agency addresses problems raised in a report about a life-threatening spacesuit leak in July.
Below the jump is the statement NASA put out tonight concerning the situation.
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Read the rest of Backup Computer Glitches On Space Station But Crew Safe, NASA Says (217 words)
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