Roscosmos launched a module in which artificial gravity will be created
Roscosmos launched using the Proton-M launch vehicle with the multi-purpose laboratory module Nauka - the first new module of the Russian segment of the ISS in 11 years.
In accordance with the flight cyclogram, 580,3 seconds after launch, the head unit separated from the third stage of the carrier. Further approach to the International Space Station is carried out by the engines of the Science module.
The duration of launching the module into the docking zone with the ISS is 8 days. Docking to the Zvezda module is scheduled for July 29, 2021 at 16:26 Moscow time.
The Science module has two main purposes. Firstly, it will be used to conduct scientific experiments, some of which are already planned. For example, a centrifuge will be installed in the module, which will make it possible to create artificial gravity and study the influence of its different values on the development of embryos.
Secondly, the module carries a lot of service equipment to support the operation of the station and the life of the cosmonauts, including the station’s attitude control system, a system for pumping fuel from arriving Progress vehicles, water and oxygen production devices, as well as a spacecraft docking unit. In addition, a robotic arm created by ESA will be installed on the outside of the module.
The Proton-M launch vehicle is mass-produced at the Khrunichev Center (part of the Roscosmos State Corporation) and has been used to launch payloads into specified orbits and departure trajectories within the framework of federal and commercial programs since 2001.
Over the years of operation, the Proton-M rocket went through four phases of deep modernization, which made it possible to significantly improve its energy-mass and environmental characteristics when launching heavy single and double payloads. Today's launch was the 425th for the Proton family rocket and the 111th for the modernized version of the launch vehicle.
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