Russia’s Nauka space module caused a scare on the International Space Station Thursday after its engines inexplicably lit up the hours after it docked in orbit. NASA later tweeted that Mission Control and the crew aboard the station had corrected the orientation and all systems were operating normally. CHINA'S LOOSELY REGULATED ROCKET DEBRIS COULD BE DANGEROUS – AND HARMFUL TO US INDUSTRY"The crew was never in any danger," the space agency later tweeted. The space station is currently operated by NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hei, Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur; Oleg Novitsky and Pyotr Dubrov of Russia’s Roscosmos space corporation; Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Akihiko Hoshide and European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP"It takes thousands of people on the ground to ensure the safety of the @Space_Station and crew," NASA Administrator Bill Nelson tweeted.

Source: Fox News July 30, 2021 02:26 UTC