Russia is set to dock a long-awaited new module to the space station on Thursday
Russia is flying a new science module, called Nauka, to the International Space Station.
Nauka is 14 years late, but it brings new science facilities and extra space for Russia’s cosmonauts.
Nauka is set to dock to the ISS on Thursday morning. Watch NASA’s livestream of the maneuver below.
Russia is finally ready to attach a long-awaited science module to the International Space Station.
The new module, a 43-foot (13.11m)-long cylinder called Nauka (meaning “science” in Russian), is currently orbiting Earth and making its way towards the station. It will give the Russian side of the ISS expanded science facilities, crew quarters, and a new airlock for spacewalks. Nauka also features a new docking port for Russian spacecraft.
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Russian officials confirmed the Angara A5 rocket and its Breeze M upper stage performed as intended during the test flight, which carried a mass simulator into orbit on a marathon nine-hour mission mimicking a mission profile that might be required by future Russian military and commercial payloads.