One thing that was unclear to me - they say that they had to retreat to the Soyuz escape vehicle as a safety measure, which is understandable. Then he says tha

One thing that was unclear to me - they say that they had to retreat to the Soyuz escape vehicle as a safety measure, which is understandable. Then he says that because the space station was tumbling out of control due to the impact, they had to fire the retro rockets to counteract the spin and bring things under control again - did they mean they used the Soyuz capsule retro rockets? Or did they manage to deploy the ones on the space station itself (if indeed it was fitted with retro rocket packs)?? If they used the Soyuz retro rockets, then I would think that was a feat in itself - if they had to use the gimbals on the capsule attached to a outer portion of the station to ascertain the pitch and roll of the main structure and counteract it. The interview was not specific, and I couldn't find any clear info via Google so thought I would ask in case anyone here might know & could clarify.