Emergency onboard Space Station now under control after Nauka MLM thrusters inadvertently fire

There was a brief emergency onboard the International Space Station today, We have pieced together communications between the crew and Houston and Moscow to try timeline what occurred.

16:36 UTC - Crew and MCC Houston notice ISS attitude shifting, Video from ISS shows floating debris
16:36 UTC to 16:40 UTC - ISS is seen to be shifting attitude through external cameras
16:38 UTC - Crew close recently opened MLM hatch
16:40 UTC - MCC Houston confirm ISS is out of attitude by 45 degrees and increasing
16:46 UTC - MCC Houston confirm solar arrays are locked and Cupola windows are closed
16:49 UTC - MCC Moscow ask crew to confirm if Nauka MLM are still firing
16:52 UTC - Crew confirm Nauka MLM thrusters are still firing
16:59 UTC - MCC Houston confirm Zvezda and Nauka MLM are in a 'tug of war' and both trying to fire thrusters
17:16 UTC - MCC Houston confirm Progress is now in attitude control of Space Station
17:28 UTC - MCC Houston confirm Nauka MLM thrusters no longer firing, attitude is back to normal.
MLM Nauka had just docked a few hours earlier and the crew had just opening the hatches between the two, Teams on the ground has also began to integrate Nauka MLM into the Space Stations software when this occurred.

The crew were in no danger throughout this emergency and the Space Station is now in a stable attitude.

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