The cargo spacecraft Progress 59 will fall back into the Earth's atmosphere between May 5 and May 7.
The capsule was supposed to be taking 6,000 pounds of supplies to the International Space Station, however it entered an uncontrolled spin in the wrong orbit shortly after its launch on Tuesday.
Thankfully the out of control craft poses no threat to the ISS. The crew on board still has enough supplies to last until August, despite another failed supply mission in October last year.
A US and a Russian astronaut recently started a one year mission aboard the ISS to determine the effects of a long term stay in orbit.
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The capsule was supposed to be taking 6,000 pounds of supplies to the International Space Station, however it entered an uncontrolled spin in the wrong orbit shortly after its launch on Tuesday.
Thankfully the out of control craft poses no threat to the ISS. The crew on board still has enough supplies to last until August, despite another failed supply mission in October last year.
A US and a Russian astronaut recently started a one year mission aboard the ISS to determine the effects of a long term stay in orbit.
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