the Wreckage of “Progress”, supposedly fell in Tuva.
As RIA Novosti, reported in law enforcement bodies of the region.
the carrier Rocket “Soyuz-U” with a cargo spacecraft “Progress MC-04″, launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome in 17 hours 52 minutes Moscow time. 383 the second flight link with the media is missing.
In the end, the rocket crashed, and with it was lost the ship which was to deliver the crew of the International space station for two and a half tons of cargo, including clothes, medical supplies, scientific equipment and products, including fruits for new year’s table.
As reported TASS, the witnesses saw flames in the area of the settlement. ishtii-Khem in Tuva, where I could drop the wreckage, near the Russian-Mongolian border.
According to a source in the rocket and space industry, state of emergency could occur from-for problems that have arisen at the stage of operation of the engine of the third stage RD-0110, produced in Voronezh or due to a malfunction of the control system produced at the Kharkov state scientific production enterprise “Kommunar”, reports “Interfax”.
According to the head of the space policy Institute Ivan Moiseyev failure with “Progress” poses no threat the International space station where there are supplies of food and equipment for the crew.
the Expert stressed that the threat a series of such accidents, but in this case, he said, the astronauts have the opportunity to evacuate.
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