ROSCOSMOS - Nauka (Science) Module patch.
July 29, 2021
Image above: Nauka approaches the space station, preparing to dock. Image Credit: NASA TV.
The uncrewed Multipurpose Laboratory Module (MLM), named Nauka, the Russian word for “science,” arrived at the International Space Station’s Poisk module on the space-facing side of the Russian segment at 9:29 a.m. EDT, eight days after lifting off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Nauka docking to the International Space Station
Named Nauka, the Russian word for science, the 43-foot long, 23-ton module launched on July 21 and will serve as a new science facility, docking port, and spacewalk airlock for future operations.
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Final correction of the orbit of the Nauka module before docking with the ISS
https://orbiterchspacenews.blogspot.com/2021/07/final-correction-of-orbit-of-nauka.html
Related link:
International Space Station (ISS): https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html
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