IT House News on November 30, the astronauts on the International Space Station sat in the front row and enjoyed a rare "fireworks show".
The Russian "Progress MS-23" cargo spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station yesterday (November 29), carrying a large amount of junk that is no longer needed.
Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko said the returning Progress MS-23 cargo spacecraft carried old equipment, household waste and things that experts said the space station no longer needed. IT Home attached the following pictures:
Four hours after the "Progress MS-23" undocked, NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli discovered the "Progress MS-23" cargo spacecraft and photographed it Photos of it entering the Earth's atmosphere and burning up. "It [burning into the atmosphere] lasted shorter than I expected, about 2-3 minutes, it reminded me of a firework, especially when it exploded," Mogbeli said in a tweet.
Russian space agency Roscosmos reported on Wednesday that most of the spacecraft and its contents were incinerated above Earth, but some unburned material crashed into non-navigable waters in the southern Pacific Ocean.
The "Progress MS-23" spacecraft ("Progress-84", "Progress 84") launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on May 24, 2023, carrying a total of 2,491 kilograms of supplies. It includes 499 kilograms of space station refueling propellant, 630 liters of drinking water, 40 kilograms of bottled nitrogen, and about 1,322 kilograms of medical and health supplies, clothing, food and other equipment and items.
