Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov, Head of Russian state space company Roscosmos Yuri Borisov go to the centre of the Rocket and Space Corporation “Energia” in Korolyov outdoors Moscow, Russia, October 26, 2023.
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President Vladimir Putin stated on Thursday the primary phase of Russia’s new orbital station, which Moscow sees as the subsequent logical improvement in space exploration after the International Space Station (ISS), needs to be put into operation by 2027.
In a gathering with space business officers, Putin additionally vowed to proceed with Russia’s lunar programme regardless of the failure in August of its first moonshot in 47 years, Russian information companies reported.
Putin stated Moscow’s choice to lengthen to 2028 its participation within the ISS, now 25 years outdated, was a short lived measure.
“As the resources of the International Space Station run out, we need not just one segment, but the entire station to be brought into service,” Putin was quoted as saying of the brand new Russian orbital station.
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“And in 2027, The first segment should be place in orbit.”
He stated the event of the station had to proceed “all in good time” or the Russian programme risked falling behind when it comes to the event of manned space flight.
The new station, he stated, had to “consider all advanced achievements of science and technology and have the potential to take on the tasks of the future”.
Yuri Borisov, head of the Russian space company, Roscosmos, endorsed Putin’s place as a way of sustaining the nation’s capabilities in manned space flight.
“The ISS is getting old and will come to an end sometime around 2030,” Russian companies quoted him as telling reporters.
“If we don’t start large-scale work on creating a Russian orbital station in 2024 it is quite likely that we will lose our capability because of the time gap. What I mean is the ISS will no longer be there and the Russian station won’t be ready.”
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In his remarks, Putin additionally stated he had been knowledgeable absolutely concerning the technical mishaps that led to the crash touchdown of the Luna-25 craft in August on the moon’s south pole.
“We will of course be working on this. The lunar programme will continue. There are no plans to close it,” Putin stated.
“Mistakes are mistakes. It is a shame for all of us. This is space exploration and everyone understands that. It is experience that we can use in the future.”
Borisov stated the subsequent moon launch is perhaps moved ahead to 2026 from 2027 as now deliberate.
