Thursday, November 21, 2024
name of Prensa Latina
Bandera inglesa
English Edition
Search
Close this search box.
name of Prensa Latina

NEWS

NEWS

Russian Progress MS-26 cargo spacecraft undocked from ISS

Moscow, Aug 13 (Prensa Latina) Russia's Progress MS-26 cargo spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday after six months, and after a controled returned it sank in the Pacific Ocean, the Roscosmos corporation announced.

The Russian space corporation published on its Telegram channel on Tuesday that its propulsion system was activated to initiate deorbiting, it started its engines for over three minutes, and later the spacecraft entered the Earth’s atmosphere.

Progress MS-26 was launched via a Soyuz-2.1a rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on February 15, 2024, and docked with the station on February 17.

mh/iff/lam/gfa

LATEST NEWS
RELATED