Avi Blizovsky
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A tough weekend for space exploration, though luckily it's unmanned spacecraft.
Russian and European crews are searching for a mini-experimental spacecraft in the eastern Kamchatka Peninsula on Saturday, a day after the prototype of a passenger spacecraft that will eventually be used to escape astronauts from the space station was launched from a nuclear submarine about 1,500 kilometers away.
The demonstration spacecraft designed to carry cargo and passengers from the International Space Station to Earth was launched from the BorysGlaves submarine in the Barents Sea on Friday and is reported to have begun its descent towards its target site on time.
The media in Russia later reported that the engineers had no communication with the spacecraft and they had to stop the search at nightfall.
On Saturday, a submarine launched an experimental ballistic missile that hit a target in Kamchatka. The Burns Sea is part of the Arctic Ocean northeast of Russia and north of Norway.
The prototype, if found, is supposed to be launched to the International Space Station inside the Progress cargo spacecraft and will be used to transfer cargo back to Earth. said the planners.
The cone-shaped spaceship is made of light materials that can withstand high temperatures. It will also be able to fly in the predicted direction without engines and thus it will be a cheap alternative to the Soyuz spacecraft that Russia uses today.
The spacecraft was built under contract for the European Space Agency and the European Defense and Space Corporation.
