It was reported that the small-sized radar installed on the Nauka module by Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub on the ISS as part of the spacewalk could not be fully deployed either automatically or manually. TASS.
Previously, cosmonauts had installed a small-sized radar outside the multifunctional laboratory module “Science” to observe the Earth’s surface.
Moreover, the locator could not be deployed automatically. Chub attempted to manually place the positioning panels in the desired position, but after several unsuccessful attempts, an expert on Earth instructed the astronauts to return to the ISS.
According to a representative of NASA Mission Control Center in Houston, astronauts will solve this problem during the next spacewalk; The locator does not interfere with the operation of the ISS.
Reportedly before this, astronauts they were engaged On October 9, disconnecting the faulty radiator circuit where the leak occurred, Bauman went into space, launching the Parus-MSTU satellite for his students and installing radar for a new experiment.
Previously in the USA said About problems with Russian equipment on the ISS.