Russian spacecraft caught fire when plunging to Earth

Russia's unmanned spacecraft, losing control of its mission to supply astronauts, plunged into the Earth's atmosphere today.

Russian spacecraft falls to Earth

According to Russian space agency Roscosmos, the Progress M-27M ship fell from orbit at 2:04 GMT (9h4 Hanoi time). At that time, it was flying through the Pacific region.

Progress ship loses control when it has not completed the task of supplying goods to ISS.(Photo: NASA)

Much of the ship is believed to have caught fire during a high-altitude slowdown , but small pieces of the vehicle may still " survive " and fall into the ocean. Roscosmos identifies only some of the fragments of this structure that fall to the surface of our planet , similar to what happened to the freight missions of Progress.

Earlier, based on observational data from Space-Track.org, Progress M-27M is expected to advance to Earth's atmosphere around 9:00 GMT (Hanoi time 16:00),

The Progress ship carried more than three tons of cargo including food, fuel and supplies for astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS), which was launched from Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan on April 28. Before completing the mission, it lost contact with the control center.