Russia's Progress resupply ship sinks in Pacific Ocean

MOSCOW. Feb 7 (Interfax) - The Progress MS-20 resupply ship, which undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday, has sunk in the Pacific Ocean, Russia's Roscosmos state corporation said in a statement.

"The Progress MS-20 resupply ship was deorbited today. It entered the atmosphere and fell apart. The unburned elements of its structure fell in a non-navigable area of the South Pacific," the statement said.

The spaceship took off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on June 3, 2022, and docked with the ISS later that day.

The ISS orbit was adjusted 11 times by burning the Progress MS-20 engines.

The next resupply ship, Progress MS-22, is scheduled for launch from Baikonur on February 9.

The spaceship will deliver over 2.5 tonnes of cargo to the ISS, including 720 kilograms of fuel, 420 liters of drinking water, 40 kilograms of nitrogen and 1,354 kilograms of various equipment and materials, among them resources for systems of the Russian segment, medical supplies, personal protection equipment, clothes, food rations and fresh food for Expedition 68.