Russian space freighter to be 'buried' in Pacific

MOSCOW - Russia's Progress M-05M cargo spacecraft will be deorbited and drowned in the remote area in southern Pacific on Monday, after three weeks of autonomous orbital flight.

After undocking from the International Space Station on October 25, the space freighter continued an autonomous flight as a scientific laboratory.

The spacecraft continued two experiments, started by its predecessors and aimed at studying various plasma formations that emerge from its thrusters. Scientists observed [...]

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