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A Russian Space Station Supply Ship crashed into Siberia just minutes after launch. The Rocket took off from Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 7AM BST on the 25th of August 2011. Soyuz rocket booster carrying the Progress supply ship soared right on time from Kazakhstan, and everything seemed to be going perfectly until just over five minutes into the flight. The third stage of the rocket ignited, but the rockets on board computer's commanded the engines to shut down down due to an unknown problem on board we are told from Nasa's space station program manager, Mike Suffredini.

All contact with the spacecraft was lost. Russian space officials declared it a total failure after reports of wreckage falling with a deafening roar in a remote area of Siberia. "The explosion was so strong that for 100 kilometers (60 miles) glass almost flew out of the windows," Alexander Borisov, head of the Choisky region in Russia's Altai province, was quoted by state news agency RIA Novosti as saying.

This is sparking concerns over Nasa shutting down the Shuttle Program as they US are now depending on Europe, Japan and Russia to move astronauts back and forward from the International Space Station until the US Privet Industry is capable to do it. Do you think Nasa are putting a lot at stake abandoning the Shuttle program and taking such risks as this disaster? We are lucky their were no astronauts on board the rocket as three of the six crew members of the International Space Station are to return home in a mere two weeks times. This disaster has caused a lot of concern and it is now doubtful that the crew from the International Space Station will return home as scheduled.

Too be quite fair I see millions of pounds donated to help poorer countries and i see no difference what so ever.

yeah that's because local governements take all the money for themselves and doesnt donate to their population

Exactly, the only thing i will donate to, is to save some animal.

Donating to help another country is pointless it wont help them at all.

Russians!!!!!!!!11

Thats a loss, weeks of work go into these spaceships. kay:

This happened.

reguardless of the thread you guys got a be respectful , someone could or did get hurt and its its a huge blow for many nations as stated on the thread.