Craft Corrects Soviet Space Station’s Orbit
An unmanned space cargo craft separated from the Soviet space station Mir on Sunday, after using its propulsion unit to correct the station’s orbit, Tass news agency reported on Monday.
Tass said the Progress 36 spacecraft broke up on re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere. It docked with Mir on May 15 carrying fuel, equipment, mail and other supplies.
The present crew of the permanently manned space station, Vladimir Titov and Musa Manarov, have been in space for more than six months. Tass said on Monday that both men are feeling well and that the flight is proceeding normally.
They are due to be joined this week aboard Mir by three more cosmonauts, two Soviet and one Bulgarian, who are scheduled to blast off from the Soviet space center at Baikonur on Tuesday.
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