Russian cosmonaut photographed emergency “Progress” – Kommersant

                             
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Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, using photographic equipment available onboard the ISS, photographed the night of April 30, flying 170 km lower station cargo ship “Progress M-27M” and transfer these photos in the Mission Control Center, told “Interfax” in the space industry.

«Unfortunately, the resolution of images was not sufficient. It is not possible to estimate the external damage, the possibility of the ship as a result of emergency situation when it separated from the third stage of the launch vehicle, “- said the agency. He noted that attempts to photograph the “Progress” from the ISS will continue, because such images could help experts determine what exactly happened in the separation of the spacecraft and the third stage of the rocket “Soyuz” on April 28.

For more information about the loss of cargo spacecraft” Progress M-27M “, read the article” b “” With a deep sense of rotation ».