General designer of RSC Energia, flight director of the Russian segment of the ISS Vladimir Soloviev said that in 2027, Russia could start assembling a new space station , reports RIA Novosti.
“ Angara is in the process of being created, but, as my colleagues explain to me, with her help we will be able to launch new modules this year in 2027, when we hope , the infrastructure of the Vostochny Cosmodrome will be ready, & # 39; & # 39; & mdash; did he declare.
Soloviev noted that Russian cosmonauts will fly to the ISS until around 2028-2029, until the start of operation of the new national station.
He also added that the first will be the Science and Power Module for the ISS.
Recall that at the end of July, the Scientific and Technical Council of Roscosmos recommended to include work on the creation of a technical design of a new orbital station in the space program Federal – 2025 It was noted that the operation of the ISS is expected to be completed by 2028.
The station is slated to be established in two stages. In a first stage, from 2025 to 2030, Progress freighters will continue to fly to the new station. and piloted Soyuz.
Head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin said that the Russian Orbital Service Station (ROSS) will be the prototype of modules for traveling to other planets.
ROSS will be radically different from what exists today, the Roscosmos chief noted. He added that the work at the station would require the training of “specialists fundamentally new to the body of cosmonauts. “