The ship Progress M-27M ended his unsuccessful mission. Capsule … – News 24

Russian Progress ship burnt in the Earth’s atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean. The capsule was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on April 28, but there was a failure of the navigation system.

Progress M-27M was supposed to deliver supplies to the International Space Station. After separating the capsule from the rocket did not open all the navigation antenna. The ship went too low orbit. May 7 burned down over the Pacific Ocean in the region of Southeast Asia.

Progress is a Russian unmanned capsule weighing about 7 tons and over 7 meters long. The ship can carry 2.5 tons of supplies into orbit. The first type of Progress capsule was launched in 1978. In the second half of the ’80s began service to ship Progress M

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NASA provides that the International Space Station is operating normally and sourcing mission failure will not affect the safety of astronauts.