article_snippet.sent: (CNN)An unmanned Russian spacecraft originally bound for the International Space Station will re-enter the Earth's atmosphere after flight controllers lost contact with it, American astronaut Scott Kelly said Wednesday.
article_snippet.sent: The spacecraft  that lost contact with flight controllers will re-enter the Earth's atmosphere in about a week, Roscosmos, the Russian Federal Space Agency, said Wednesday.
article_snippet.sent: Roscosmos (the Russian Federal Space Agency) announced that the Progress will not be docking and will re-enter the Earth's atmosphere," American astronaut Scott Kelly said from the International Space Station.
article_snippet.sent: The Progress resupply vehicle will come off The Progress resupply vehicle orbit and will begin The Progress resupply vehicle combustion in the atmosphere between May 5 and May 7, according to Roscosmos (the Russian Federal Space Agency).
article_snippet.sent: The Progress resupply vehicle does not present any danger to the International Space Station due to a significant difference in orbit, Roscosmos (the Russian Federal Space Agency) added.
article_snippet.sent: Russia lost contact with ISS Progress 59 during a resupply mission to the International Space Station.
article_snippet.sent: Even if Russia hadn't lost contact with the craft, the original plan was for Progress to burn up re-entering Earth's atmosphere -- albeit with garbage rather than a full load of equipment for the International Space Station.
article_snippet.sent: According to Roscosmos (the Russian Federal Space Agency) information on the Progress resupply vehicle, "After the cargo is removed and before the Progress undocks, the crew refills the cargo with trash, unneeded equipment and wastewater, which will burn up with the spacecraft when it re-enters the Earth's atmosphere.
highlights_snippet.sent: Progress 59 spacecraft will re-enter Earth's atmosphere in a week, Russia space agency says .
  