The mission in the orbit of the MS-17 freight ship, which lasted 148 days, is suitable for its completion. On Thursday, November 25, 2021, at 14:22:30 Moscow time, the Russian ship in normal mode was rejected from the “Science” module of the International Space Station, freeing the gateway for the launching of the new module “Pier”.
On the outer part of the Progress MS-17 cargo ship is a special transitional spacelock of a passive docking unit, which provided the docking of the transport ships “Union MS” and “Progress MS” with a multi-purpose laboratory module. Thus, the “Science” module is ready for docking the m-mind m-mind cargo ship, which is expected on November 26 at 18:26 Moscow time.
The hatches between the “cosmic truck” and the ISS were closed on November 23 at 20:30 Moscow time. At 14:20 Moscow time, a team was issued to open the hooks of the “Progress MS-17” ship, it was reworked from the station and sent “to free swimming”. After removing the ship to the safe removal from the station, the specialists of the main operational management group (Roskosmos Roskosmos Rocket Corporation) began controlled by the shipping of the ship with near-earth orbit.
It is expected that at 17:34 Moscow time engine “Progress MS-17” will be included on the braking and at 18:08 it will enter the tight layers of the atmosphere and collapse. Russian experts predict that at 18:17, the fireproof elements of the design of the ship will fall in the non-good area of the Pacific Ocean, 1880 km from the city of Wellington and 7740 km from Santiago. Roskosmos State Corporation fulfilled all procedures for establishing this area temporarily dangerous for swimming sea and flights of aircraft.