The ISS Progress spacecraft

Russia's Progress M-13M has left the International Space Station (ISS) to end its mission in the Pacific, according to RIA Novosti.

This unmanned cargo ship, along with the waste from the space station, left the connection port of the Pirs module on the ISS by automatic mode as scheduled, at 5:10 this morning (24.1, VN time).

According to a spokesman for the Mission Control Center of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), the Progress M-13M will end its mission in the Pacific Ocean on January 25.

Progress ship M-14M into launch pad - (Photo: AFP)

Earlier, the Progress M-13M was launched into space by Roscosmos on November 2, 2011, bringing food products (including fruits and vegetables), drinking water, fuel, oxygen . to the bow. granted to ISS. At the same time, the ship also carries a small satellite named Chibis-M.

According to RIA Novosti , after leaving the ISS, the Progress M-13M carried the Chibis-M satellite that had not returned to Earth immediately and would be pushed to a higher orbit thanks to the launch of a ship's propulsion.

When reaching the orbit about 500km from Earth, the satellite Chibis-M will be controlled to be separated from the ship at 6 hours 19 minutes on January 25 (VN time) to begin the task of studying thunder in the left atmosphere. land for at least 4 years.

After completing its satellite launch mission, the Progress M-13M will crash into the Pacific Ocean at 927 minutes on January 25 (VN time).

Reportedly, along with the return of the Progress M-13M ship, on (January 24), Roscosmos also moved another transport vessel to the launch pad, the Progress M-14M ship to prepare for the flight to ISS, scheduled for January 26.

The Progress M-14M ships carrying 2.5 tons of cargo including fuel, food, water and other scientific equipment, will leave the launch pad with Soyuz-U boosters from Russia's Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan .