The launch of the node module is scheduled for November 24
MOSCOW, August 16. /TASS/. Two Soyuz-2 rockets have been sent from the Progress Rocket and Space Center in Samara to the Baikonur Cosmodrome, one of them is designed to deliver a new module to the ISS. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos on Twitter.
"Two Soyuz-2 launch vehicles have been sent from the Progress Rocket and Space Center to the Baikonur Cosmodrome. They are intended for launches under the Russian program of the International Space Station: stage 1a - for the Progress MS cargo ship, stage 1b-for the Progress M-UM ship with a node module ["Berth"], " the state corporation said.
Earlier, Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin said that the launch of the node module is scheduled for November 24. According to him, the "Berth" will expand the possibilities of docking with the station of Russian ships, including the new lunar spacecraft "Eagle".
The node module should dock to the multipurpose laboratory module "Nauka", which docked to the ISS on July 29. Earlier, the general director of Roscosmos told reporters at the Mission Control Center that the state commission will analyze the problems that arose during the launch of the Nauka module and take them into account during the autumn launch of the node module.
