Moscow, July 2 -- Russian cargo spacecraft Progress MS-29 completed its mission after spending more than six months in orbit as part of the International Space Station (ISS), Russia's state space corporation Roscosmos said in a statement today.
Its debris fell into the non-navigational area of the South Pacific Ocean, Roscosmos said.
According to the company, the spacecraft undocked from the ISS's Poisk module at 21:43 Moscow time (1843 GMT) yesterday. A deorbit maneuver was initiated at 00:52 Moscow time (2152 GMT), allowing the spacecraft to enter Earth's dense atmosphere, where it largely disintegrated due to friction.
Launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Nov. 21, 2024, Progress MS-29 docked with the ISS two days later. It deli...