A major tragedy ensued, with the International Space Station out of control for 45 minutes.

New Delhi, 30 July 2021, Friday

The American space agency NASA claims that the International Space Station, the home of astronauts in space, went out of control for 45 minutes.

According to NASA, a Russian research module was deployed on the International Space Station on Thursday and suddenly it backfired. As a result, the International Space Station was out of orbit. There were seven astronauts on it at the time. There were two Russian, three American, one Japanese and one French astronaut.

NASA was shocked to learn of the incident. The team in NASA's control room managed to bring the space station back into orbit with the help of control thrusters. However, NASA had no control over the space station for 45 minutes.

The investigation revealed that the Russian research module had a technical defect and was backfired. Its jet thrusters were automatically activated and caused the International Space Station to go out of NASA's control.

A few hours after the incident, a space capsule was to be launched from NASA to be sent to connect to the International Space Station. However, its launch has been stopped after this incident. It will now launch on August 3.