The issue of Russia's continued participation in the International Space Station (ISS) project should be decided in the coming months. This was announced on the air of the Echo of Moscow radio station on Tuesday, August 24, by Dmitry Rogozin, Director General of the Roscosmos state Corporation.
"This is a question that will be resolved in the next few months," he answered the question when there will be clarity regarding the prospects for the Russian presence on the ISS.
On Tuesday, it was also reported that the Russian cosmonauts ' spacewalk was postponed at the request of the United States.
On July 31, it became known that Roscosmos reduced the preparation time for conducting experiments on the ISS to one and a half years.
Earlier in the day, Rogozin said that the launch of the next Russian module to the ISS is scheduled for November 24. This will be the Berth node module, which will expand the possibilities of docking with the station of Russian spacecraft, including the new Orel spacecraft designed for flights to the Moon.
On July 29, the multifunctional laboratory module "Science" was docked to the ISS, intended for the implementation of the Russian program of scientific and applied research and experiments. It was created in order to expand the functionality of the Russian segment of the ISS and became the first Russian module sent to the ISS in 11 years.
The Russian Federation plans to withdraw from the ISS project from 2025 and create its own national orbital station. The first version of its creation provides for the retrofitting of the Russian segment of the ISS with nodal and scientific-energy modules, and after the completion of the operation of the ISS, their separation together with the previously docked "Science". The second option provides for the creation of a station in a high-latitude orbit.
It is expected that the station will not be permanently inhabited, it will be visited by crews of 2-4 people. Flights to it will be carried out by cargo ships "Progress", manned by" Soyuz "and"Eagles".
