NASA loses contact with International Space Station for 90 minutes

NASA's Mission Control in Houston, Texas, experienced a 90-minute power blackout, leaving the International Space Station (ISS) without communication with ground control on Tuesday.

NASA's Mission Control in Houston, Texas, experienced a 90-minute power blackout, leaving the International Space Station (ISS) without communication with ground control on Tuesday. The power outage struck at 8 a.m. local time, briefly cutting off contact with the astronauts aboard the ISS.

The astronauts of Expedition 69 were not in danger as they quickly utilised backup power systems to re-establish communication through Russian assets within 20 minutes of the failure.

"We were able to talk to the crew through Russian assets about 20 minutes after the failure," said Joel Montalbano, NASA's ISS program manager. "Within about 90 minutes, we were up and running with full command, telemetry and voice to the International Space Station."