In the document Roscosmos announced projects to build on the orbit of the moon special station for visiting astronauts. This mini-station structure will remember the ISS.
According to the document, the station will begin to build in 2028. It will include power module, which next year will add a node, and the following year the residential unit. Completion of construction is scheduled for 2031 year after the launch of the warehouse module.
The service life of the station must be about 10 years, then will gradually replace its modules. Except for the station in orbit of the moon will bring the relay satellites to provide navigation and communication lunar infrastructure with Land.
Document-the project is composed by experts of the Russian Federal space Agency, Rosatom, space research Institute RAS, Kurchatov Institute, TsNIIMash "Luna-Resource-OA". "It [the station] will work in a visit mode. The main tasks of the station in the normal mode will ensure comfortable conditions for the life of astronauts during work on the lunar orbit, also logistical support lunar missions - TASS quoted the document. For the project realization it is planned to implement missiles of medium and heavy classes.
Earlier Days.Ru wrote that the programme of development of the natural satellite of the Earth is expected to be completed in 3 stages by 2040. 1st manned flight promising transport complex of modern development (PTK-NP) to the moon scheduled for 2028. This issue is covered in the text of the draft long-term programme of deep space exploration, directed for approval to the government.
Rocket and space Corporation "Energy" before the flight to the moon planned tests in earth orbit that will take place in 2024. The entire program of lunar exploration for up to 2040 and is 3 points: the lunar exploration spacecraft, carrying out manned flights in the lunar space and eventually a manned expedition to the plane and deployment of the first components of the space infrastructure.
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