The damaged Russian shuttle has separated from the International Space Station (ISS) four months later and will burn up over the Pacific Ocean, DPA reports.
The Progress 82 cargo ship, which has been attached to the ISS structure since October, developed a leak that caused a drop in pressure in the cooling system.
In October, the shuttle delivered about three tons of food, fuel and supplies to the Russian cosmonauts on the ISS.
After separating from the ISS on Friday, cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmytro Petelin managed to photograph the damage to the cargo ship’s exterior, the American space agency NASA reported.
The ISS cargo ship Progress 83 docked with the station without any problems on Saturday morning. Meanwhile, engineers are investigating a coolant leak on the Progress 82 ISS cargo ship, which is scheduled to undock in February. 17. The crew is safe and performing normal operations. Read more… https://t.co/xKyjS9W3Ao pic.twitter.com/qeanEAMM5t
— International Space Station (@Space_Station) February 11, 2023
A truck loaded with waste will burn up completely over the Pacific Ocean after entering the Earth’s atmosphere. (Agerpress)
Source: Hot News
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