The Young Chronicle: For 1st Graders May 3rd, 2015 | Page 3

A Russian Spacecraft is Plunging into Earth
Have you watched the movie Gravity? If you have, then you would know how space shuttle debris are
formed. Well, even if you haven’t, this video will still help.

M-27M, a cargo spacecraft which was taking supplies to an international space station is said to
be spiralling back to Earth and could come down between May 5th and 7th if it continues on its
current orbit and speed.
It is impossible to predict where an unmanned, out-of-control Russian spacecraft could crash into Earth.
The question is how dangerous is it? The answer is that scientists are not quite sure.
But Dr Lineweaver said the chances of it hitting a city or person were extremely low.
"The surface of the Earth is much bigger than the heads of 7 billion people by probably a factor
of a million or a billion," he said.
But its debris are unlikely to hit any person or car.

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