Friday, June 23, 2006
Rubbish from the International Space Station has been fallen into the Pacific Ocean, around 4,000 kilometers off the coast of New Zealand.
NASA says the majority of the trash was packed in the earlier supply craft, the Russian owned Progress M-55, which de-orbited.
A spokesperson says the debris that did not blaze in the atmosphere fell into the sea, 3900 kilometers southeast of New Zealand.
Astronauts, Pavel Vinogradov and Jeffrey Williams are at present onboard the space station.
The dumped rubbish would make room for the next shipment of fresh food, fuel and equipment, due to dock at the station at the weekend.
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