Russian art has suffered a great loss.

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Pictures Shilov, before reaching the ISS, burned

22:05 24/08/2011
MOSCOW, August 24 - RIA Novosti, Anna Zagorodnikova.

pictures of the Russian landscape painter Alexander Shilov sent to the International Space Station were burned because of an accident of space truck "Progress M-12M," reported RIA Novosti agent artist Albin Kuznetsova.

"Progress M-12M" should have led to the ISS along with the standard set of ten paintings of goods of the famous artist's son (Alexander Shilov), psychological support for the crew. Moreover, after removal of the paintings in space, the artist had planned to present their views in Moscow and increase the value of a fair day to 120 thousand per day.

"We hope that the company that delivers the goods had to insure the picture. We hope that the next delivery of the goods we will write a new series of paintings, and they will already be taken," - said Kuznetsova.

Launch vehicle "Soyuz-U" space truck with "Progress M-12M" launched on Wednesday from the Baikonur cosmodrome, but at 325 seconds of flight, the launch vehicle was a violation of the third-stage engine. In addition to painting the truck was to take on board food and water for the crew. Partially burned in the dense atmosphere, the debris transport ship crashed in the area Choyskom Altai Republic. According to preliminary data, the death and destruction on Earth, no.

Over the past nine months, Russia has lost nine of spacecraft and satellites.
On board the "Progress" were more than two tons of supplies and equipment for the six astronauts working on the ISS.