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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."

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  1. 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.