Cosmonauts to finalize sealing of ISS cracks on Wed - Energia Corporation
MOSCOW. March 10 (Interfax) - The crew of the International Space Station (ISS) will apply the second layer of sealant on the second crack found onboard the ISS and will check for a possible air leak on March 12, the press service of the Energia Rocket and Space Corporation, an affiliate of Roscosmos, said. Consistent with the work plan aimed to pressurize the Zvezda module, the crew of the International Space Station will proceed to the next stage of work on the module s hull. In furtherance of the repairs sequence, cosmonauts Sergei Ryzhikov and Sergei Kud-Svechkov will apply the second layer of sealant to the source of the air leak in two stages over the day, the corporation said.
Russia s future space station may have artificial gravity
MOSCOW. Dec 17 (Interfax) - The Technical Board of the Russian Military-Industrial Commission has approved an artificial gravity project for Russia s future space station, Director of the Russian Academy of Sciences Institute of Medical Biological Problems Oleg Orlov told Interfax. This is the project of Energia Corporation, which has been developed by it as a corporate innovation project until a certain point. A schematic design of this module with a centrifuge inside has been prepared by us together with them and has been discussed on various levels, Orlov said.
The Technical Board of the Russian Military-Industrial Commission has confirmed the need to build the module with the centrifuge, he said.