It was a scene straight out of Gravity or Interstellar, but luckily nobody was on board to witness the thrill ride.

Russia's Progress 59 (M-27M), an unmanned cargo ship, launched from Kazakhstan on Tuesday and was bound to resupply the International Space Station (ISS) when it spun out of control hundreds of miles above Earth.

Progress 59 spirals out of control -- Earth is visible in the background.

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The Guardian reports that the Russian space agency Roscosmos lost contact with , and now that Progress 59 is careening in an uncontrolled spin, it can't make contact with the ISS.

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For Roscosmos, that means losing nearly $51 million and 2.5 tons of supplies, as well as the 23-foot-long craft itself when Progress 59 crash lands.

Scientists like astronaut Chris Hadfield, however, say the descending spacecraft will pose no problems for us because it should distintegrate in the atmosphere before it reaches the ground.

For a group of people somewhere, Progress 59 will make for one serious lightshow within the next two weeks.

The Joint Space Operations center released a statement Tuesday noting that the spacecraft and "44 pieces of debris" near it were . Video footage from NASA shows the ship tumbling over 100 miles above Earth.

The Associated Press spoke to .

"We should be OK," Kelly said. "I think we're going to be in good shape."

Kelly, who's aboard the ISS with five others, is over one month into a that will test the human body's limits during spaceflight.

Mark Kelly, Scott's twin and a fellow astronaut, will remain on Earth to provide a biological baseline for Scott's health.

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