LONDON: The Progress, a Russian unmanned spacecraft was supposed to dock at the International Space Station but flight controllers lost contact with in hence it is expected to be back on Earth soon.
American astronaut Scott Kelly said, “Roscosmos (the Russian Federal Space Agency) announced that the Progress will not be docking and will re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere here some days in the future, to be determined, but this Progress is not coming to the space station.”
ISS Progress 59 was supposed to do a resupply mission to the space station when they lost contact with it. According to National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the unmanned craft is now out of control.
The Progress was supposed to be back burning up as it enters the earth’s atmosphere according to the Russian space agency.
NASA said, “After the cargo is removed and before the Progress undocks, the crew refills it with trash, unneeded equipment and wastewater, which will burn up with the spacecraft when it re-enters the Earth’s atmosphere.”
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