The ship Progress M-27M unmanned completely disintegrated in Earth’s atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean during their free fall to earth, a week after Russian engineers have lost control after separation between the spacecraft and the rocket.
“The Progress M-27M spacecraft ceased to exist at the Moscow 05H04 (02H04 GMT) on 8 May 2015. Its entry into the atmosphere was carried over of the central Pacific Ocean, “Roskosmos said in a statement.
The space freighter aimed supply of the crew of the International Space Station, travel to Russia every three or four months. Also, this problem no consequence on austronautas as they have bookings for several months, but it generated an expense of nearly 500 million euros for the Russian space agency Roskosmos
Its entry into the atmosphere was conducted over the central part of the Pacific Ocean
The Control Center Space Flight Russia lost control of the freighter after it was placed in the wrong orbit and stop sending data to Earth because all antennas are not deployed.
“According to calculations, the ship has already been disintegrated. At least, not our means of control or Americans see it, “said a source in the space industry to Ria Novosti.
The Progress craft, used for 35 years, are one of the great prides of the Russian aerospace industry with an almost immaculate record: hitherto been a single accident in August 2011, caused by a failure of the carrier rocket
The Russian news agencies. , based on sources of the aerospace industry in the country, announced that the next space mission scheduled on May 26 could be delayed two weeks because of the problems encountered by the Progress spacecraft.
Roskosmos not confirm these information, but the press conference scheduled for Friday with the three crew members of the US-an expedition, a Russian and Japanese- was canceled
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agencies ANSA and AFP .
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