A Russian spacecraft that started spiralling out of control after a failed attempt to resupply the International Space Station has come crashing back to Earth.
The Progress M-27M craft burned through the atmosphere in a fireball on Thursday night, the Russian space agency Roscosmos said.
It "ceased to exist" at 10.04pm ET on Thursday (2.04am UTC on Friday), the space agency said in a statement. It was moving over the centre of the Pacific at the time, and any fragments that didn't burn up were believed to have fallen into the ocean.
Topic: Back to earth (Read 359 times)
Thank Goodness that the earth is as big as it is, and that the populated centers are as small as they are... regarding the parts that actually make it to the ground.
Progress going to burn. Russian spacecraft heading for burn-up.
An out-of-control cargo ship that was due to resupply the International Space Station will re-enter the Earth's atmosphere within hours. Most of it is expected to burn up.
An out-of-control cargo ship that was due to resupply the International Space Station will re-enter the Earth's atmosphere within hours. Most of it is expected to burn up.
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