A photo from open sources PHOTO: ITAR-TASS Debris of the unknown spacecraft discovered in Kazakhstan in southern Kazakhstan, near the Baikonur Cosmodrome, objects similar to wreckage of an unknown spacecraft. According to information press services of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Kazakhstan, their found last Tuesday at 13:55 (11:55 Moscow time) 3 km from the populated point in the Kazalinsky district. “The crash site is cordoned off by staff police, a working commission has been created. There are no victims and injured, “- quotes a statement by the Emergencies Ministry RIA Novosti. Kazalinsky district of Kazakhstan adjacent to the Karmakshy district of the Kyzylorda region, where The Baikonur cosmodrome rented by Russia is located. Now him employees are preparing to launch an Olympic torch into space – the start of the extraterrestrial relay stage is scheduled for November 7, return the spaceship is due four days later, on November 11th. For ensuring a successful flight to Kazakhstan, aviation forces are pulled search and rescue tools of the Air Force and Air Defense Command Defense of the Central Military District. It is worth noting that, according to According to NASA, over 230 objects have already fallen to Earth this year. which are commonly called space debris: 33 satellites and steps missiles, as well as about 200 debris. At the same time, experts said that rockets and aircraft are designed in such a way that their elements are not able to reach the surface of the planet without being burned in atmosphere. In the event that such components are still present, they fall into the oceans or in sparsely populated areas. At nasa also clarified that since 1957, when the first uncontrolled satellite’s fall, about 20 thousand of similar ones entered the Earth’s atmosphere objects, however, none of them, according to official figures, caused harm to the inhabitants of the Earth. However, it is not yet known wreckage is part of a spacecraft that fell from space, or unsuccessfully launched ship. In the latter case, they can be dangerous for local residents, in particular – due to exposure to toxic substances contained in rocket fuel. For example, in 2011, after an unsuccessful launch from Baikonur spacecraft Progress M-12M, which fell due to engine problems in Altai, experts noted an increased atmospheric content and soil of heptyl – one of the fuel elements, 800 kg of which had to deliver to the ISS Progress. Also aboard the ship was nitrogen tetroxide – a toxic substance of the 1st class hazard, fumes of which are extremely toxic and if inhaled burn of internal organs. Because of this, in the Choy district of the Republic Altai began a plague of wild animals and fish, and residents complained about bad state of health. However, representatives of Rospotrebnadzor and local authorities then stated that the environmental situation in the region does not go beyond the norm.
Valentin MATVEEV
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