Launch Of Russian ISS Module Slips To July 21

Nauka
The Nauka multipurpose module at the integration facility at Baikonur Cosmodrome.
Credit: Roscosmos
MOSCOW—The launch of a Proton-M heavy-lift rocket carrying Nauka—the new scientific module for the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS)—has been delayed from July 15 to July 21 due to technical issues, Roscosmos State Corporation said July 8 . Liftoff from the Baikonur Cosmodrome...
Maxim Pyadushkin

In addition to writing for Aviation Week Network, Maxim holds a key position at Russia's Air Transport Observer magazine. In the past he was in charge of several ATO’s sister aerospace publications and earlier worked for Moscow-based CAST defense think-tank.

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