May 7, 2015 – An out-of-control, uncrewed Russian cargo spacecraft fell back to Earth on Thursday (May 7), a week after failing to reach the International Space Station.
The wayward Progress M-27M spacecraft that lost control shortly after its launch last week re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on Friday over the Pacific Ocean, several hundred Kilometers off the coast of Chile. The fiery demise of the Progress spacecraft after eleven days of flight likely scattered a number of surviving debris over South America, traveling as far as the Falkland Islands. No reports of any sightings of the re-entry of Progress or any debris were made in the aftermath of the re-entry of the cargo spacecraft that was planned to visit the Space Station.
The Progress M-27M (59P) re-entered the Earth's atmosphere at 9:04 p.m. CDT (0204 GMT May 8) while over the Pacific Ocean, Russia's space agency reported."Progress M-27M ceased to exist," Roscosmos stated on its website, adding that the spacecraft met its end on the 160th orbit around the planet.U.S. Strategic Command gave a re-entry time of 9:20 p.m. CDT (0220 GMT) over the South Pacific to the west of the southern tip of South America.Prior to its plunge, Roscosmos officials said that the craft, which doesn't have a heatshield, would mostly disintegrate during the re-entry.
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