Space station computers rebooted
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Russian computers that control the international space station’s orientation and oxygen and water supplies were partly working again Thursday after failing the day before.
Officials with NASA and the Russian space agency still don’t know why the computers went down. They had never seen that type of failure on the space station before, and they believe it may be related to electrical power rather than computer software. A new solar array had been unfolded outside the station Tuesday to help provide power. When the computers were being turned back on Thursday morning, a false fire alarm went off on the Russian Zarya module, but Ridings said there was no indication of any fire or smoke.
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