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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: 3, Insightful) by anubi on Friday May 08 2015, @02:31AM

    by anubi (2828) on Friday May 08 2015, @02:31AM (#180159) Journal

    The Russians have put a lot of work into this.

    Just sad to see this happen.

    That was 6,000 pounds of food and supplies that was sent at great expense.

    I am sure the ISS could have sure used it. Stuff isn't easy to find up there in orbit. Its not like a quickie trip to the grocery store for a snack, or Home Depot for a fastener.

    Sad.

    Just hope you found out what went wrong.

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  • (Score: 0, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 08 2015, @02:39AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 08 2015, @02:39AM (#180160)

    That was 6,000 pounds of food and supplies that was sent at great expense.

    There are starving people here on Earth who could have eaten that food, you insensitive clod.

    • (Score: 1) by anubi on Friday May 08 2015, @04:02AM

      by anubi (2828) on Friday May 08 2015, @04:02AM (#180184) Journal

      That's what makes it so sad.

      A lot of people worked very hard to make this. Nobody got to use it.

      Just because something went wrong.

      If it were within my power to de-orbit it to land it where someone could use it, I would do so, but I am condemned like the rest of us to helplessly watch it burn up on re-entry.

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