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Space.com by Meghan Bartels 6/20/2022

It's unclear what happened.

A planned reboost maneuver of the International Space Station ended after just 5 seconds for reasons currently unknown.

Cargo ships docked to the International Space Station regularly fire their thrusters in short bursts to keep the orbiting laboratory at its cruising altitude. Typically, these vehicles are Russian Progress capsules, but on Monday (June 20), a Northrop Grumman Cygnus vehicle was scheduled to complete a five-minute burn to evaluate whether the capsule is ready to take this duty on regularly.

The engine began firing at 11:20 a.m. EDT (1520 GMT) but shut down after just five seconds, according to a NASA statement (opens in new tab). Northrop Grumman isn't sure yet what caused the abort, the agency noted.

More: https://www.space.com/space-station-reboost-cygnus-abort