NASA lost contact with the international space station

The control center of the US Space Agency (NASA) yesterday in Houston lost temporary contact with the International Space Station.

NASA spokesman Josh Byerly said the incident occurred when engineers at the Houston control center were working on upgrading the computer software on the International Space Station (ISS) yesterday.

International Space Station (ISS).

Although communications between the Houston control center and the ISS station were re-established later, NASA acknowledged that the incident has prevented six ISS station astronauts from communicating and receiving control orders from the Houston station.

About 1 hour after being completely out of contact with the Earth, the commander of the ISS station Kevin Ford was able to communicate by radio with the space control center in Moscow (Russia) when the ISS station flew over the country.

However, astronauts on the ISS station can only contact Moscow control center a few minutes every hour. According to NASA's Johnson Space Center, communication between the ISS and the ground was resumed yesterday at 4:34 pm (international time) after about 3 hours of interruption.

The ISS station was built in 1998 with the participation of the US, Russia, Europe, Canada and Japan. This international space station is about the size of a football field and the living space is as large as a 5-bedroom house.