Situation in orbit: The Russian spacecraft burned down during the descent to the ground (photo)
Technology has appeared its Telegram channel. Subscribe not to miss the latest and most intricate news from the world of science! In fact, there is nothing unusual that freight space ships end their missions, burning in the Earth's atmosphere. This is how the next and the next end of the mission of the Russian freight spacecraft "Progress-86" was no exception to the rules.
As planned, the ship on which there was no crew, he disconnected from the ISS and in two hours entered the atmosphere of the Earth, where he burned. It happened above the Pacific. But in fact, the Russian spacecraft was not empty. On his board there was garbage that had to be taken out of the ISS. The Progress-86 ship arrived at the orbital station in December last year. He delivered 2. 5 tons of products, new equipment to the ISS, as well as materials for scientific experiments.
Currently, 4 spacecraft are connected with the orbital station: like the ships of the Progress Series, Cygnus can only be used once, that is, these ships also burn in the Earth's atmosphere after the end of their mission. But the souzed ships of the Soyuz series, as well as the cargo and manned version of the Dragon ship are able to survive while entering the Earth's atmosphere. If the ships of the Russian Federation land on land, then SpaceX ships - on the water surface in the ocean.
In the coming days, 2 more spacecraft will go to the ISS. The Russian Federation plans to launch in orbit the Progress-88 cargo ship on Thursday, May 30. And the American company Boeing is going to send its pilot spacecraft Starliner for the first time on the ISS with two astronauts on board on Saturday, June 1. Astronauts have to spend about a week on the ISS and then return to the ground. If everything goes well, NASA will be able to use another ship to deliver its astronauts in orbit.