The ship Albert Einstein caught fire on the Pacific Ocean

Europe's fourth transport spacecraft carries a record volume of cargo to the International Space Station (ISS) that has ended its five-month mission by burning in the dark earth atmosphere 2 / 11.

>>>Ship Albert Einstein ends "mission"

AFP reported by the European Space Agency (ESA) that the ship named Albert Einstein carried 6 tons of waste from the ISS that was burned down when it returned to the atmosphere above the South Pacific region at 19 4 minutes at night 2/11 (VN time).

Albert Einstein's ship completed its five-month mission - (Photo: ESA)

The ship Albert Einstein separated from the US $ 100 billion space station on the evening of October 28 (VN time). In the next 5 days, the aircraft below ISS was at a safe distance until November 2, and it started the engine to bring the ship back to Earth and was burned as planned.

"Albert Einstein made a series of delicate movements when he returned to the earth below the station so that the astronauts could first observe the fragmentation of the spacecraft in the upper atmosphere" , ESA said. .

The Albert Einstein ship, which weighs nearly 20.2 tons, is equivalent to a 10-meter, 4.5-meter-long double-decker bus, launched into space by ESA on June 5 from the Kourou Space Center. Guiana (French).

The ship carried a record number of 6.6 tons, including water, food, clothing, oxygen, fuel . to connect with ISS on June 15.

In addition to the mission of supplying goods to ISS and removing waste, the ATV fleet also performs an important task to help push the station to a higher orbit.