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NASA briefly loses contact with space station after power outage at mission control

Headline from KVIA El Paso, from the development of Jul 25, 2023

Newest development Jul 26, 2023 · 2 reportsNasa briefly loses contact with ISS after power outage and relies on backup systems for first time

By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — A brief power outage at NASA’s mission control center in Houston caused a voice communications blackout with the International Space Station and forced the space agency to rely on backup systems for the first time.

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  1. Names this update

    NASA briefly loses contact with space station after power outage at mission control

    Headline from KVIA El Paso ·

  2. Newest

    Nasa briefly loses contact with ISS after power outage and relies on backup systems for first time

    Headline from The Guardian ·

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Reports & sources

8 articles, oldest first.

  1. Phys

    NASA power outage temporarily halts contact with space station (opens Phys)

    Published

    Phys's feed description

    A NASA power outage disrupted communication between Mission Control and the International Space Station on Tuesday.

  2. KVIA El Paso

    NASA briefly loses contact with space station after power outage at mission control (opens KVIA El Paso)

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    KVIA El Paso's feed description

    By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — A brief power outage at NASA’s mission control center in Houston caused a voice communications blackout with the International Space Station and forced the space agency to rely on backup systems for the first time.

  3. The Guardian

    Nasa briefly loses contact with ISS after power outage and relies on backup systems for first time (opens The Guardian)

    Published

    The Guardian's feed description

    Loss of communications with International Space Station forced Nasa to rely on Russian systems instead

  4. Gizmodo

    Power Outage at Mission Control Temporarily Disrupts NASA’s Link to ISS (opens Gizmodo)

    Published

    Gizmodo's feed description

    The incident, occurring on Tuesday morning, marked the first time NASA had to use backup systems to communicate with the space station.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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