Moscow - The charred remnants of a cargo vessel from the Russian space platform Mir plunged into the Pacific Ocean yesterday, five days after detaching itself to make way for a fuel delivery ship, the Interfax news agency reported.
The engines of the Progress M-43 were shut down, causing the ship to fall to earth and burn up, its debris falling into the sea 46 minutes later, the Korolyov mission control centre outside Moscow told the news agency.