On Wednesday, July 28, 2021, specialists of the Nauka Multipurpose
Laboratory Module flight control group at the TsNIIMash Mission Control
Center (part of Roscosmos) performed the final corrective maneuver of the
module which had launched nominally from the Baikonur Cosmodrome a week ago.
The engines were fired at 13:43:07 UTC. According to telemetry information,
the propulsion system of the module worked normally. No new orbit
corrections are planned before the Nauka module docking with the Russian
segment of the International Space Station, which is scheduled at 13:26 UTC
on July 29, 2021. The
live broadcast of
the berthing and docking will begin on Roscosmos website and social media at
12:40 UTC.
Nauka is a multipurpose laboratory module for the Russian segment of the
International Space Station. It was created by the cooperation of
enterprises in order to implement the program of scientific experiments and
expand the functionality of the Russian segment of the ISS. After its
commissioning, the Russian segment will receive additional room for
arranging workplaces and storing cargo, placing the water and oxygen
regeneration equipment.
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