According to the head of the state corporation, now the electrical tests of the module are being completed at Baikonur, then vacuum tests will start
MOSCOW, February 24. /TASS/. The multifunctional laboratory module "Nauka" can still be launched to the International Space Station at the end of May. This was announced on Wednesday by the Director General of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.
"We have two launch windows-the end of May and July. If we are in doubt about something, then, in order not to have any risks, we will go to the reserve date. In any case, we are not giving up on the end of May, "Rogozin said in the new edition of the program "Line of the General", posted on the channel "Roscosmos TV" in YouTube.
According to the head of the state corporation, electric tests of the module are now being completed at Baikonur. Then the vacuum tests will start, which will last about a month.
The Nauka module will be placed on the nadir port of the Zvezda service module. It is intended for the implementation of the Russian program of scientific and applied research and experiments. After the commissioning of the "Science", the Russian segment will receive additional volumes for the arrangement of workplaces and cargo storage, the placement of equipment for the regeneration of water and oxygen. With Nauka, Russian cosmonauts should get a second toilet, a cabin for a third crew member, as well as a European ERA manipulator, which will allow them to perform a number of tasks without going into outer space.
