On Friday, November 26, 2021, at 18:19:39 Moscow time held a successful docking of the MM-MM-MO-MODE module cargo ship to the Russian segment of the International Space Station. He delivered to the ISS “Pier” – the second Russian module, which replenished the station in 2021.
Accession and docking operations to the multi-purpose laboratory module “Science” were carried out automatically under the control of specialists from the TsNIIMASH flight control center (part of Roscosmos State Corporation) and the astronauts of Roscosmos Anton Dubler, and Peter Dubrov. Upon completion of the test checks, Russian crew members will open transition hatches and fulfill final operations to dismantle the docking mechanism, the transition of the power supply system for the combined nutrition and conservation of the cargo ship.
The nodular module “Pier” is intended for building the technical and operational capabilities of the Russian segment of the ISS. The further development of the Russian segment of the station is provided by docking to the nodal module of transport systems, including promising. A nodal module developer is the National Space Corporation named after S.P. Queen (part of the state corporation “Roskosmos”).
The nodular module “berth” is a spherical hermetic compartment with component parts placed inside and outside, providing its tasks. It includes a housing and a complex of on-board systems, including the instrument management system, radio equipment, a thermal regime system, a gas composition of gas composition, movement and navigation management tools, fuel refueling media, Active hybrid docking system, passive hybrid docking system, means Moving.
During the upcoming several months, the nodal module “berth”, separation of the instrument and aggregate compartment of the ship and the outputs of the ISS crew in the open space on the installation on the outer surface of the nodular module of the antennas and targets needed to dock to it with transport ships “Union MS “and” Progress MS “. As of January 19, 2022, the first exit to open space is planned, during which cosmonauts will connect the “berth” to the station, and on March 18, according to plan, the first piloted ship is documented – “Union MS-21”.
In addition, the module ship delivered about 700 kilograms of various goods on board the ISS, including resource equipment and consumables, water treatment, medical control and sanitary and hygienic equipment, maintenance and repair tools, as well as standard diet For the crew of the 66th long-term expedition.