Roscosmos State Corporation Dmitry Rogozin on the Youtube channel “Soloviev Live” called the reason for the sudden inclusion of the engines of the multifunctional laboratory module (MLM) “Science”.
According to him, this happened due to the problems that are associated with the control system algorithms. “And to predict everything, as [ourselves] will behave all the system, it was difficult,” said Rogozin.
July 29, RIA Novosti, referring to the negotiations of astronauts with the Center for Flight Management (PC), reported that the engines of “science”, docked to the International Space Station (ISS), earned unplanned.
MLM docked to the ISS on July 29. On it, “Science” took the place of the Pierce module, which, with the help of the “Progress MS-16” cargo ship, was reflected from the Russian station segment.