Suzy - 18/6/2006 5:52 AMTo the nadir port of Zarya
anik - 18/6/2006 6:12 AMQuoteSuzy - 18/6/2006 5:52 AMTo the nadir port of ZaryaRussian specialists are discussing now the possibility of docking of the Multipurpose Laboratory Module to the nadir port of Zvezda Module (Pirs Module should be relocated to the zenith port of the Zvezda Module before that)...The reason: the Zarya Module belongs to USA, which may leave ISS after 2015... Therefore, Russian and U.S. segments may be separated and the Zarya Module will be left attached to U.S. segment... And then the Multipurpose Laboratory Module will be possibly the Base Module for the new Russian Space Station...
anik - 18/6/2006 7:12 AMQuoteSuzy - 18/6/2006 5:52 AMTo the nadir port of ZaryaRussian specialists are discussing now the possibility of docking of the Multipurpose Laboratory Module to the nadir port of Zvezda Module (Pirs Module should be relocated to the zenith port of the Zvezda Module before that)...The reason: the Zarya Module belongs to USA, which may leave ISS after 2015... Therefore, Russian and U.S. segments may be separated and the Zarya Module will be left attached to U.S. segment... And then the Multipurpose Laboratory Module will be possibly the Base Module for the new Russian Space Station...
mr.columbus - 19/6/2006 1:32 AMBy the way, as this thread is about the Russian segment, any news on the other Russian lab beside the MLM, that is the 'Russian Research Module' that is apparently still scheduled to go to the ISS around 2009 (it is still mentioned on the official NASA launch schedule)?
Not to mention. if you deorbit the US segment you take the Japanese and ESA segments with it. They are on the front end of the "US" segment with no possible interface to the Russian segments
mr.columbus - 22/6/2006 11:58 PMIs the plan you outline now the current one?
nacnud - 23/6/2006 1:56 AMdoes anyone know how Pirs is planned to be moved to make the nadir port of Zvezda available?
anik - 22/6/2006 10:30 PMYes, it is a current plan, which was made at RSC Energiya recently...Energiya has made the booklet, in which this configuration of Russian segment is described... According to it, we do not want (or NASA forbids) to dock the Multipurpose Laboratory Module to the nadir port of the Zarya Module... And, instead of the Research Module, which will not be built, we will dock the Multipurpose Laboratory Module to the nadir port of the Zvezda Module...
bobthemonkey - 25/6/2006 4:20 PMI've seen that boklet before, but now I can't seem to find it. Dont' suppose you have a link to it?