Russian cosmonauts conduct EVA to complete Nauka Lab Module integration to ISS

Russia launched the multipurpose laboratory module "Nauka" from the Baikonur cosmodrome on 21 July and it docked at the ISS on 29 July.

By Nuclear Power Daily Editorial Team · Editorial process

Published January 19, 2022

Russia launched the multipurpose laboratory module "Nauka" from the Baikonur cosmodrome on 21 July and it docked at the ISS on 29 July.

Watch a live broadcast from the International Space Station (ISS) as Roscosmos astronauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov are performing a spacewalk to integrate the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module into the Russian segment of the ISS.

The module is a scientific research facility that will offer additional space at the Russian segment of the station and will be used to store cargo and regenerate water and oxygen.

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