Limit for the spacecraft Progress, disintegrated in the … – BFMTV.COM

This is a safe end. The unmanned cargo spacecraft Progress finished Friday its long fall to Earth disintegrating in the atmosphere above the Pacific Ocean.

The Progress M-27M spacecraft was supposed dock last week at the International Space Station (ISS) for the supply, but the Russian flight control operators had lost a few hours after the launch of the spacecraft by a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

uncontrollable reactions

The Progress then commenced a long dive to Earth by displaying uncontrollable reactions. The Russian space agency has not been able to predict the exact time and place of his fall, but has not shown concern, almost all of the same type spacecraft disintegrated in the atmosphere or landing in the oceans, which occupy most of the surface of the Earth.

Roskosmos announced Thursday that the descent of the Progress M-27M spacecraft to Earth would not differ from that of a ship under control. Russia is taking off every year three to four cargo ships laden with supplies to the six astronauts on the ISS.

They are also not endangered by the loss of the cargo, even with several months reserves. A supply ship Dragon, the US company SpaceX, must deliver to the ISS at the earliest on June 19 about 2.2 tons of scientific equipment and supplies.

Blow to the space industry Russian

The loss of the Progress, however, is a new blow for the Russian space industry, a strategic sector that historically has been the pride of the country, already facing in recent years a series of humiliating setbacks.

For cargo ship came to rest on Earth, 2.6 billion rubles, or 458 million euros will have been spent.

A commission of inquiry was set up to determine the exact circumstances of the loss of the Progress. It must present its findings at the latest on May 13, according to Roskosmos.

The incident appears to have occurred at the time of “the separation between the ship and the rocket”, said the dark mine, Vice President of the Russian space agency, Alexander Ivanov, during a press conference last week.

“The shooting and rocket flight were normal, but a second and half before the separation vessel (the last stage of the rocket), measuring instruments stopped issuing “abounded Roskosmos president Igor Komarov.

Delayed Space Mission?

Roskosmos nevertheless pleaded for “unforeseen” circumstances in the case of Progress, which does not endanger future Soyuz rocket fire, the only capable of carrying astronauts to the ISS since the cessation of rocket American.

Russian news agencies, citing sources in the Russian aerospace industry, however, suggested Thursday that the next space mission to send astronauts to the ISS, which is supposed to take off on May 26 from Baikonur, could be delayed by two weeks because of problems encountered by the Progress spacecraft.

Roskosmos has not confirmed this information but a press conference Friday with three crew members this expedition – an American, a Russian and a Japanese – was canceled

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