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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Tralfamadore
Posts: 10,343
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Tralfamadore
Posts: 10,343
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Contact lost with space station
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21512322
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Nasa ground controllers have lost contact with the International Space Station because of a computer problem.
Flight controllers in Houston were updating software on board the ISS's flight computers this afternoon (GMT) when one of the station's data relay systems broke down.
But the ISS has been able to make contact intermittently via Russian ground stations.
Nasa told the crew to connect a backup computer to begin restoring contact.
The primary computer that controls critical station functions defaulted to a backup computer, but it was not letting the station communicate with Nasa's Tracking and Data Relay Satellites, the US space agency said.
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Gremlins ..... 
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