MLM "Nauka" is ready to launch on the ISS
18.07.2021
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The Proton-M rocket with the Nauka module is installed on the Baikonur launch pad.
The Proton-M launch vehicle with the Nauka Multipurpose Laboratory Module (MLM) for the Russian Segment of the ISS, scheduled for launch on July 21, has been installed on the launch pad of the Baikonur Cosmodrome. This is stated in the message of Roskosmos, published on Saturday.
“A Proton-M launch vehicle with a Nauka multi-purpose laboratory module was removed and installed in a vertical position at Baikonur. After the service unit is brought in, our specialists will begin work according to the schedule of the first launch day,” the state corporation said.
The launch is scheduled for 17:58 Moscow time on July 21. The rocket will launch the Nauka multifunctional laboratory module into orbit. Further rendezvous with the International Space Station will be carried out by the engines of the Nauka module. Docking with the ISS is scheduled for July 29 at 16:26 Moscow time.
Earlier, the Center for the Operation of Ground-Based Space Infrastructure (TsENKI) reported that the launch complex of the Proton-M launch vehicle before the launch of MLM Nauka was equipped with new equipment, which is designed to receive and transmit telemetric information of the module and to control the parameters during its preparation at the launch complex.
The Nauka module is designed to implement the Russian program of scientific and applied research and experiments. After the commissioning of the MLM, the Russian segment will receive additional volumes for arranging workplaces and storing cargo, placing equipment for regenerating 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 that will allow some work to be done without spacewalk. Nauka will deliver water containers, handrails, fans, cables and other cargo to the ISS.
Proton-M is a Russian disposable launch vehicle. Belongs to the family of space carriers "Proton", created in the early 1960s. "Protons" are used to launch various spacecraft into space, including navigation, military and commercial satellites, interplanetary automatic stations.
“A Proton-M launch vehicle with a Nauka multi-purpose laboratory module was removed and installed in a vertical position at Baikonur. After the service unit is brought in, our specialists will begin work according to the schedule of the first launch day,” the state corporation said.
The launch is scheduled for 17:58 Moscow time on July 21. The rocket will launch the Nauka multifunctional laboratory module into orbit. Further rendezvous with the International Space Station will be carried out by the engines of the Nauka module. Docking with the ISS is scheduled for July 29 at 16:26 Moscow time.
Earlier, the Center for the Operation of Ground-Based Space Infrastructure (TsENKI) reported that the launch complex of the Proton-M launch vehicle before the launch of MLM Nauka was equipped with new equipment, which is designed to receive and transmit telemetric information of the module and to control the parameters during its preparation at the launch complex.
The Nauka module is designed to implement the Russian program of scientific and applied research and experiments. After the commissioning of the MLM, the Russian segment will receive additional volumes for arranging workplaces and storing cargo, placing equipment for regenerating 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 that will allow some work to be done without spacewalk. Nauka will deliver water containers, handrails, fans, cables and other cargo to the ISS.
Proton-M is a Russian disposable launch vehicle. Belongs to the family of space carriers "Proton", created in the early 1960s. "Protons" are used to launch various spacecraft into space, including navigation, military and commercial satellites, interplanetary automatic stations.
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