MOSCOW, September 18 (RIA Novosti) - The Progress M-56 cargo spacecraft, filled with garbage, will undock from the International Space Station and crash into the Pacific Tuesday morning, a Mission Control center said Monday.
The spokesman told RIA Novosti that the parts of the craft that will not burn up in the atmosphere will sink in a "spacecraft cemetery" at 40° longitude in the Pacific, a short distance from Christmas Island. The Russian Mir station ended its life in the area in February 2000, after 15 years of service.
The new cargo spacecraft Progress M-58 will be launched October 18 and will be docked with the ISS October 20. It will deliver 2.5-tons of cargo to the station, including fuel, equipment, food, water, air, and gifts for the crew.
