Russian spacecraft burns up after re-entry over Pacific Ocean

Posted on 8 May 2015 by Aiden Burgess

A Russian spacecraft, Progress M-27M, which failed in its attempt to carry supplies to the International Space Station, has burned up on re-entry over the Pacific Ocean after falling back to Earth.

The Russian space agency Roscosmos said in a statement: “The Progress M-27M ceased to exist at 05:04 Moscow time (02:04 GMT) May 8, 2015. Log into the atmosphere occurred in the coil 160 over the central Pacific Ocean.” The final demise of the Russian spacecraft came after control of the unmanned cargo ship was lost…

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