Photo: twitter.com/NASA
Science Module
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Earlier on the ISS, a docking space for Science was specially freed by removing the 20-year-old Pirs module, which was buried in the Pacific Ocean.
The Nauka space module, which launched from Baikonur last week, was “manually” docked to the International Space Station on Thursday, July 29, at 16:29 Kyiv time. This was reported by the press service Roscosmos.
In Russia, the launch of this device was planned for 14 years. On the ISS for Science, a docking space was specially freed by removing the 20-year-old Pirs module. He was recently buried in the Pacific Spaceship Graveyard.
The Science module will be used exclusively for laboratory research purposes.
It is known to be equipped with:
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an oxygen production complex for six people;
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ERA robot manipulator for receiving goods;
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a device for remote sensing of the Earth;
Meanwhile, potential problems of the module can be malfunctions of the fuel system, infrared vertical sensors, a delay in the deployment of the antenna of the Kurs rendezvous and docking system.
Contact and capture, docking confirmed. At 9:29am ET, the @Roscosmos Nauka science module arrived at the Earth-facing side of the @Space_Station‘s Russian segment: pic.twitter.com/svwaYm5UGS
– NASA (@NASA) July 29, 2021
Recall the launch of a carrier rocket Proton-M took place on July 21 from Baikonur… It is designed to enhance the technical and operational capabilities of the Russian segment of the International Space Station.
Pirs module that worked on the ISS for 20 years is flooded in the ocean
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