The International Space Station lost contact with ground controllers because of a computer problem but its commander says the crew is fine, NASA says. <\/p>\n
The agency said flight controllers in Houston were updating software on board the station's flight computers on Tuesday when one of the station's data relay systems broke down. <\/p>\n
The primary computer that controls critical station functions defaulted to a backup computer, but it was not letting the station communicate with NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellites, the US space agency said. <\/p>\n
Officials in Houston were later able to communicate briefly with the crew as the space station flew over Russian ground stations. They instructed them to connect a backup computer to begin the process of restoring communications. <\/p>\n
The International Space Station marked its 10th anniversary of continuous human occupation on November 2, 2010. Since Expedition 1 in 2000, the space station has been visited by 204 individuals. <\/p>\n
The current crew is made up six men: two Americans, three Russians and a Canadian. <\/p>\n
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