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Space station supply craft 'burned up' | |
(about 2 hours later) | |
The Russian space agency Roscosmos has confirmed the loss of an unmanned cargo ship which was heading for the International Space Station. | |
The Progress MS-04, which launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Thursday, was carrying 2.4 tonnes of fuel, food and equipment. | The Progress MS-04, which launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Thursday, was carrying 2.4 tonnes of fuel, food and equipment. |
Space agency officials said the spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere, at an altitude of 190km. | |
It occurred over a mountainous and sparsely inhabited region of Siberia. | |
A Roscosmos statement said "most of the fragments burned in the dense layers of the atmosphere" over the Republic of Tyva, near the Mongolian border. | |
Both the Russian and Americans have lost cargo ships in recent years. | Both the Russian and Americans have lost cargo ships in recent years. |
Last month, Frenchman Thomas Pesquet, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky and US astronaut Peggy Whitson launched on a Soyuz rocket for a six-month mission to the ISS. | Last month, Frenchman Thomas Pesquet, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky and US astronaut Peggy Whitson launched on a Soyuz rocket for a six-month mission to the ISS. |
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