The cargo ship “Progress M-26M” undocked from the ISS – RIA Novosti

MOSCOW, August 14 – RIA Novosti. space truck “Progress M-26M” Friday undocked from the ISS, told RIA Novosti spokesman for the Russian Mission Control Center MCC.

“laden waste equipment and excreta crew undocked from the ISS at the estimated time – 13.18 MSK. Its engines will run on braking 16.28 MSK, then the “Progress” will enter the Earth’s atmosphere, where it will burn. Splashdown unburned fragments of space truck in the non-navigational area of ​​the Pacific the ocean is expected in 17.17 MSK “- a spokesman said.

The cargo ship “Progress M-26M” launched from Baikonur, previously delivered necessary for the flight crew of the ISS fuel, oxygen, food, equipment for scientific experiments and for sending cosmonauts and astronauts.

At the station currently working Gennady Padalka, Mikhail Kornienko, Oleg Kononenko (Roscosmos), US astronauts Scott Kelly and Chell Lindgren and Japanese astronaut Kimia Yui.

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