Debris from Russia’s Progress MS-28 cargo spacecraft has plunged into a non-navigable part of the Pacific Ocean, according to Russia’s state space corporation Roscosmos.
The spacecraft, which spent six months aboard the International Space Station (ISS), re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere and disintegrated, with unburned elements falling into the Southern Pacific Ocean.
The Progress MS-28 undocked from the ISS at 23:17 Moscow time (2017 GMT) on Tuesday and transitioned into autonomous flight.
The spacecraft had arrived at the ISS on August 17, 2024, carrying 2.6 tons of equipment, scientific instruments, clothing, food supplies, gifts for astronauts, and other essential cargo.
It will be replaced by a Progress MS-30.
A Soyuz-2.1a rocket carrying the new cargo vehicle is already on Launch Pad No. 31 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, with the launch scheduled for February 28 and docking at the ISS expected on March 2.