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May 07, 2015

Russian space cargo ship to burn up in atmosphere Friday
Moscow (AFP) May 7, 2015
Russia said an unmanned supply ship that missed a rendezvous with the International Space Station will burn up on re-entering the Earth's atmosphere after the spacecraft suffered a communications failure. The Progress supply ship is expected to "end its existence on May 8" between 1:31 am and 4:51 am Moscow time (22:31 GMT Thursday and 01:51 GMT Friday)," the Russian space agency Roscosmos said in a statement. "The space ship will completely burn up in the layers of the atmosphere and only a few ... read more

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