General Designer of the Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) “Energy”, head of the flight of the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS), Cosmonaut, twice the hero of the Soviet Union, Vladimir Soloviev, called the timing of the possible start of assembling a new Russian space station. His words report RIA Novosti.
It is assumed that new modules can be launched using the Angara missile in 2027. By this time, the structure of the East cosmodrome should be ready, Solovyov explained. “That is, we must fly to the ISS until 2028-2029, so that at least two years block the” joint “between the completion of the ISS work and the beginning of the operation of the new station,” he concluded.
It is noted that the first will be the scientific and energy module (NEM), which is created since 2012 and was originally intended for the ISS.
Earlier, Vladimir Solovyev said that the Systems of the Russian Segment of the ISS are in a high degree of wear. According to him, manufacturers of equipment for the station do not guarantee that after 2025 the technique will not begin failure.