Waiting for the fall of the US military “progress” on Earth on May 8 – BBC Russian

• 5 May 2015

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“Progress” was to dock with the ISS

The cargo ship “Progress M-27M” presumably descend from orbit on May 8. Such data promulgated the Joint Space Operations Centre US Strategic Command.

According to published reports, the ship “Progress” will enter the atmosphere and will cease to exist at about 16:30 Moscow time.

The military believe that the area of ​​falling debris is at a coordinates 35 degrees north latitude and 113 degrees west longitude, ie, near the Pacific coast of the United States.

Previously published their forecasts and other departments. In particular, the Russian Space Agency are waiting for the fall of debris in the period from 5 to 7 May. The exact place of falling debris unmanaged ship, according to representatives of agencies, can only be determined for the day.

The command of the aerospace defense of North America (NORAD) announced forecast, according to which “Progress” will descend from orbit on May 9. The NORAD predicts drop ship in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean is about 1.6 thousand. Kilometers east of Cuba.

The rocket “Soyuz” with the cargo ship “Progress” was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome on April 28. During the separation of the ship from the third stage of the rocket flight control center stopped receiving telemetric information.

The attempts to establish contact with the ship were unsuccessful. It is expected that most of the spacecraft will burn as it passes through the Earth’s atmosphere.

On the ISS

Earlier Tuesday, the Interfax news agency, citing a source in the space industry reported that the Mission Control Center recommended the crew of the International Space Station (ISS) to treat economically replaceable elements of life support systems due to loss of “Progress”.

This information is not received official confirmation, but the source says that the astronauts would have to ” saving supply batteries as new will have to wait until the next cargo ship “.

On board the” Progress “was 2.5 tons of supplies, including 500 kilograms of fuel, 50 – air 420 – water and oxygen tanks and equipment. Consumables – the elements for toilets, electric power supply systems, water recycling, air conditioning and other.

However, experts believe that the crew did not have to starve. According to cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev “Russian news service,” the program on the ISS has to recalculate, so no deviations from the norm in the consumption of food and water is not.

Indeed, on the eve reported that astronauts on board ISS celebrated the “Day of” Star Wars “watching one of the films of the famous saga, and the first time cooked authentic Italian espresso in conditions of weightlessness.