Meet the Russian Orbital Service Station, which could be up and running later this decade.
, but Russia wants it to dovetail with the readiness of the planned Russian Orbital Service Station .
We just got a better idea of what ROSS will look like and how it will operate , thanks to pictures and information released by, Russia's federal space agency. For example, the first phase of the outpost's assembly, targeted to begin in 2028, appears to include a core module, a possible new supply ship and a new transport vehicle. A second phase, expected to commence in 2030, would add two more large modules.
Solovyov discussed the aging Russian modules on the ISS, which has been hosting astronauts since November 2020, and Russia's apparent disconnect with the new, moon-based direction that NASA is now taking with its human spaceflight program. Solovyov said maintenance is becoming a problem for the Russian ISS modules, which, in some cases, are nearly 25 years old despite being rated for a design life of 15 years.
"Recently, there has been a tendency to increase the time spent by cosmonauts on maintenance and repair of onboard systems, that have exhausted their resources. The crew has less and less time to carry out scientific experiments," Solovyov said.
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