Space, lost contact with the spacecraft Progress. Was carrying supplies … – Russia Beyond the Headlines (IT)

It may have been an explosion, which occurred at the time of separation from the launch vehicle that accompanied it, the cause that led to the loss of contact with Progress M-27M, the unmanned spacecraft, launched Tuesday to the International Space Station. The Russian spacecraft was carrying water and supplies to the ISS astronauts, including the Italian Samantha Cristoforetti. Experts however, ensure that the ship did not contain material essential for the crew, since there are “sufficient reserves for much beyond June, when the next cargo.”

Now Progress It began its descent to Earth. The exact location of the fall is not expected, but generally the objects falling into the atmosphere disintegrate on impact or end up in the oceans, which make up most of the earth’s surface.

The impact is expected to be between 5 and 7 May.