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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: 2) by DECbot on Friday May 08 2015, @04:41AM

    by DECbot (832) on Friday May 08 2015, @04:41AM (#180195) Journal

    We should shoot it down in flames! Oh - wait . . . it's shooting itself down in flames.

    Why wait? Be like the Chinese and demonstrate that you can blow up dying satellites. With enough space junk, you can protect space from evil space terrorists.

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