Russian cargo, the impact is expected in the night – The Republic

ROME – You know the time: 3:36 minutes of the night eight May. But still no certainty about the place. According to the latest forecast the latest forecast, prepared by the Aerospace Command of the United States, will end tonight the fall of the Russian Progress cargo. To make known is the Institute of Applied Physics of the National Research Council of Florence. According to experts the Russian Space Agency, “the ship will burn up in the layers of the atmosphere and only some parts may reach the surface of our planet”.

misadventure Progress began a few hours after take-off on 28 April. The probe, headed for the space station ISS, he no longer responded to the engineers of the Federation and has started having uncontrollable reactions. A commission of inquiry was appointed to establish the circumstances of the accident. No result for the crew of the ISS, which will be replenished by the American Dragon spacecraft pending on June 19.

The Italian Space Agency, the European Space Agency, is monitoring the situation, “providing data and information to coordination group specifically established and composed of experts of the National Department of Civil Protection, ASI itself, the Department of Firemen, ENAV, ENAC, Ispra, the Joint Operational Command and Friuli Venezia Giulia in representation of all regions. ” According to estimates by ASI, considering the size, the materials and the weight, the cargo could not be consumed completely on impact with the atmosphere and therefore some items may come down to the ground.