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Watch the Fiery Re-entry of Progress Module

Posted by Soulskill on from the looking-down-on-reentry dept.

astroengine writes "On Saturday, Oct. 29 at 5:04 a.m. EDT, a Progress Cargo Module undocked from the ISS and drifted away with a full haul of space station trash. It gradually slowed, deorbiting and dropping into the atmosphere at 8:48 a.m. EDT, leaving a blazing trail in its wake. Space station astronauts videoed the event as it unfolded."

27 comments

  1. Oct 29 by bmo · · Score: 1

    Old news for nerds.

    1. Re:Oct 29 by Moheeheeko · · Score: 0

      Stuff that mattered last week

    2. Re:Oct 29 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Stuff that didn't even matter last week

    3. Re:Oct 29 by tripleevenfall · · Score: 4, Funny

      Stuff that was a different form of matter last week

    4. Re:Oct 29 by ColdWetDog · · Score: 1

      Stuff that mattered last week

      Well, if you are so jaded, go to the Gateway to Astronaut Photography and look at all the cool time lapse pictures of earth.

      If that doesn't impress, well, sucks to be you.

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    5. Re:Oct 29 by element-o.p. · · Score: 2

      Stuff that was converted from matter to energy last week.

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    6. Re:Oct 29 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      The others were pithy; you, on the other hand, fail.

    7. Re:Oct 29 by element-o.p. · · Score: 1

      Pity...

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    8. Re:Oct 29 by plover · · Score: 1

      No, "potty". Why do you think they burned it?

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  2. first by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Professor Hubert Farnsworth: I'm sorry, Fry, but astronomers renamed Uranus in 2620 to end that stupid joke once and for all.
    Fry: Oh. What's it called now?
    Professor Hubert Farnsworth: Urrectum. Here, let me locate it for you.
    Fry: No, no, I, I think I'll just smell around a bit over here.

    1. Re:first by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Professor Hubert Farnsworth: No, what I mean is: I want to locate your rectum. With my cock.
      Fry: Why didn't you say so? Dive in, old man.

  3. Photographs, not video by the_other_chewey · · Score: 2, Informative

    Actually, Space Station astronauts photographed the event as it unfolded.

    The "video" is a time lapse animation made from those stills, and a
    good bit faster than real time.

    1. Re:Photographs, not video by swanzilla · · Score: 2, Insightful

      The "video" is a time lapse animation made from those stills

      Which, by definition, is a video.

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    2. Re:Photographs, not video by LanMan04 · · Score: 1

      The "video" is a time lapse animation made from those stills, and a
      good bit faster than real time.

      In that case, "live video" should be redefined as "real-time photography"

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  4. The ionised trail... by Gordonjcp · · Score: 1

    ... might very well be usable for "meteor" scatter. I wonder if anyone tried it?

    1. Re:The ionised trail... by ColdWetDog · · Score: 1

      ... might very well be usable for "meteor" scatter. I wonder if anyone tried it?

      Would be kinda hard. You would have to know when then deorbited the Progress craft, what the ephermis was and got all ready ahead of time. Probably would have a good shot in terms of just the ionization potential, though.

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    2. Re:The ionised trail... by Gordonjcp · · Score: 1

      Well you can do meteor scatter without any predictions - you just keep transmitting a burst and seeing if you get a reply.

      If you knew in advance roughly when and where it was going to deorbit you wouldn't need *much* more than that to work it.

  5. Huge amount of power by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Amazing, simply amazing, how that small trash capsule went from a little glow over the earth to a brilliant light that spanned the horizon and literally lit up the face of the earth. Russian space technology never ceases to impress.

  6. It's started! by MattGWU · · Score: 3, Funny

    The long-term residents of Space already view us 'terrestrials' with disdain. To them, Earth has become nothing more than a dump!

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    1. Re:It's started! by ColdWetDog · · Score: 2

      The long-term residents of Space already view us 'terrestrials' with disdain. To them, Earth has become nothing more than a dump!

      And how is that different from the rest of mankind?

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  7. Oblig. Letterman reference: by catmistake · · Score: 1

    They pelted us with rocks and garbage.

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  8. I took out the garbage yesterday by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    If I paint flames on my garbage can, maybe I'll get on Slashdot too. I'm totally pimpin' my can next Tuesday.

  9. oscar the astronaut by Thud457 · · Score: 1

    Somebody please tell me Betty I and Betty II are safe!

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  10. MOD PARENT DOWN. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Umm, what part of TIME LAPSE do you not get?

    1. Re:MOD PARENT DOWN. by swanzilla · · Score: 1

      Umm, what part of TIME LAPSE do you not get?

      The part where it fundamentally differs from any other frame rate.

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  11. Yeah, yeah. by PPH · · Score: 1

    When I took my garbage out and burned it, I just got in trouble with the EPA.

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  12. You're going to pimp your can? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    i guess that means you're planning on being a male prostitute for gay men. gotta warn you, with VA shares where they are, the number of wealthy gays who are also johns is perilously low.