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MOSCOW: An unmanned supply ship burned up on re-entry over the Pacific Ocean Friday, a week after the spacecraft suffered a communications failure, the Russian space agency said.
"The Progress M-27M spacecraft ceased to exist at 05:04 Moscow time (0204 GMT) on 8 May 2015. It entered the atmosphere... over the central part of the Pacific Ocean," Roscosmos said in a statement.
Almost all similarly-sized spacecraft disintegrate in the atmosphere or land in the oceans, which cover most of the Earth's surface.
The spacecraft, a Soviet design generally known for its reliability, blasted off for the International Space Station on April 28 carrying oxygen, water, spare parts and other supplies for the orbiting space laboratory, which has a crew of six international astronauts.
A few hours after the launch, mission control lost contact with it.
A special commission is looking into the incident, the deputy head of Roscosmos has said.
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