According to the executive director of Roscosmos Sergey Krikalev, the launch of the multipurpose laboratory module "Science" and the node module "Berth" does not mean the completion of the development of the ISS
MOSCOW, November 9. /tass/. The operation of the International Space Station (ISS) will last at least until 2027-2028. This was announced by the executive director of Roscosmos for manned space programs Sergey Krikalev.
"The station will be used at least until 2027-2028, and this use should be as profitable as possible," he said at the XXII Scientific and Technical Conference of Scientists and Specialists dedicated to the 60th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's flight, the 75th anniversary of the rocket and space industry and the founding of PJSC RSC Energia.
According to the executive director, the launch of the multipurpose laboratory module "Science" and the node module "Berth" does not mean the completion of the ISS development. "We have just studies and preliminary designs that should be done, we should consider different options, including the option of using the current station to create a new generation station," he said.
At the end of July, Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin reported that there were two proposals for the creation of a new orbital station. According to him, the first is to form a Russian national station by further building up the Russian segment of the ISS with subsequent separation and preservation in the same orbit, the second is to go to a new Russian orbital service station, the basis of which can be a Scientific and Energy Module. Such a station will be in an orbit of 97-98 degrees in a circumpolar orbit.
