A balky computer system is working again on the International Space Station, thanks to a reboot, the Russian space agency reported today.
“The system was tested for one and a half turns of the station’s flight around the Earth (about two hours),” Roscosmos said in an online update. “In fact, all systems tested out properly.”
The computer, one of three redundant systems, crashed earlier this week. The other two systems continued to operate normally, and operations on the orbital outpost were unaffected. Roscosmos said there was no need to replace the system that suffered the glitch.
Roscosmos didn’t go into detail about the cause of the computer crash.
