On August 24, a Progress M-12M space freighter carrying food and other items to the space station broke up over southern Siberia after failing to separate from its Soyuz-U carrier rocket, RIA Novosti reported.
The Progress M-12M that went down last week was to deliver more than 3.8 tons of cargo to the space station crew, including food supplies, medical equipment, personal hygiene items and scientific equipment needed for experiments, according to Roscosmos and space officials.
"This is the week that they say there has to be some progress and I'm hopeful that we can make progress, but I have to say that it is imperative that Republicans get off this extraordinarily impractical and unsuppportable demand for tax breaks, " the South Dakota Democrat said.