Article 23NMZ Unmanned Russian spacecraft crashes to Earth in Siberia

Unmanned Russian spacecraft crashes to Earth in Siberia

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Progress MS-04 cargo craft was en route to resupply International Space Station when it broke up in atmosphere and fell to Earth

An unmanned Russian cargo spaceship has broken up in the atmosphere and crashed over Siberia en route to the International Space Station, according to Russia's space agency.

Roscosmos said on Thursday that the Progress MS-04 cargo craft broke up at an altitude of 118 miles (190km) above the remote Russian Tuva region in Siberia, which borders Mongolia. Most of the debris burned up as it entered the atmosphere before crashing over what the space agency said was an uninhabited area.

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