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Out-of-Control Russian Spacecraft Set to Burn Up on Friday

posted by CoolHand on Friday May 08 2015, @02:02AM   Printer-friendly
from the duck-and-cover dept.

takyon writes:

The Russian spacecraft Progress M-27M, which attempted to deliver cargo to the International Space Station (ISS), faces fiery death on Friday:

A Russian spacecraft that has been out of control since launching last week will fall back to Earth and burn up on Friday, scientists say. The unmanned cargo ship was launched from Kazakhstan last Tuesday, but contact was lost with it soon afterwards. The spacecraft, carrying three tonnes of equipment, will disintegrate as it enters Earth's atmosphere.

The craft was spotted by the ISS days ago. This was the 150th launch of a Progress craft.

 
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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by Hartree on Friday May 08 2015, @03:39AM

    by Hartree (195) on Friday May 08 2015, @03:39AM (#180176)

    Roscosmos says it came down over the Pacific at 2:04 GMT.

    http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-050715a-progress-m27m-reentry.html [collectspace.com]

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  • (Score: 1) by anubi on Friday May 08 2015, @08:19AM

    by anubi (2828) on Friday May 08 2015, @08:19AM (#180237) Journal

    Quite an informative link, Hartree.

    Progress M-27M was launched with more than three tons of food, fuel and supplies for the station's six-person crew, including 1,940 pounds (880 kilograms) of propellant, 110 lbs (50 kg.) of oxygen, 926 lbs (420 kg) of water and 3,128 lbs (1,420 kg) of spare parts and experiment hardware.

    The station has sufficient supplies onboard to support its six-person crew, though Russian media reports suggested that without the Progress' delivery of waste storage bags, the cosmonauts were having to ration use of the toilet.

    The article brought up another tidbit I did not know about. The residents of the space station pack the delivery spacecraft with trash and send it back to deliberately burn up in Earth's atmosphere. I know what it is like around my house when I need to dump trash... they can't simply open the back door and chuck it over the fence. Can't open the windows for some fresh air either. And now having to "ration use of the toilet"? I guess that means passing the bag around for everyone's contribution.

    Geez, I feel for these guys....

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