Russian Progress Spacecraft out of control.

The Russian spacecraft Progress 59 went out of control and started spinning shortly after being launched into orbit on Tuesday 28th of April. Controllers at Roscosmos, the Russian Space Agency announced shortly after that the mission to re-supply the International Space Station was a failure. The craft entered into a low Earth orbit and is expected to crash through the atmosphere in the next 10 days. While there is no immediate danger, it is not known where debris might land.

 

 

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