Roscosmos (Photo : Reuters)
An unmanned resupply Russian ship re-entered Earth, Thursday, Roscosmos confirmed. Aside from the message from the Russian Space Station, NASA tweeted, "From @fka_roscosmos: Russian Progress cargo craft ceased to exist at 10:04p ET over the central part of the Pacific."
The unscrewed ship disintegrated as it went down straight to Earth following a communication system failure on its way towards the International Space Station to deliver supplies, water, and oxygen. The recent crash marks another space mission problem faced by Russia.
Roscosmos said, "The Progress M-27M spacecraft ceased to exist at 05:04 Moscow time (0204 GMT) on 8 May 2015. It entered the atmosphere... over the central part of the Pacific Ocean."
Russia regularly sends spacecrafts, two to four, every single year to resupply ISS. After fulfilling the mission, they go straight back to Earth, disintegrating in the atmosphere in a fiery treat, burning just above the Pacific Ocean.
The Soviet designed spacecraft, which was known for supreme reliability, blasted off April 28 carrying with it supplies as water, oxygen, and spare parts for the orbiting laboratory. A couple of hours after its launch, the mission controls communications failed to work as expected.
Sources have shared that the cause was brought about by a technical problem with the rocket carrying the cargo to the orbit, instead of the supply ship itself. The rocket exploded a minute prior to it disintegrating with the Progress vessel.
Meanwhile, the ISS crew is not presently in danger of running out of necessities as a supply ship from the US is scheduled to bring supplies in June 19, Mashable reported.
