Trials of Russian Space Station's first module to start in 2025 - Energia Corp

MOSCOW. Dec 10 (Interfax) - Electrical trials of the Russian Space Station's research and power module will start at the end of 2025, Energia Rocket and Space Corporation Deputy General Director, General Designer Vladimir Solovyov said on Tuesday.

"The first module, the research and power module, is due to be launched at the end of 2027. We have made it in metal, and its electrical trials are due a year from now," Solovyov said at a general meeting of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Russia is planning to build a national space station as a replacement for the International Space Station. Its deployment is due to begin with the launch of the research and power module in 2027. Node and airlock modules will be launched at the first project stage before 2030, to be followed by the launch of the base module, which will control the station. The second stage envisages docking of another two specialized modules between 2031 and 2033.

Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov said on May 13, 2024, that the funding of the national space station project would begin in 2024. Roscosmos head Yury Borisov said in fall 2023 that the first three years of the project (2024-2026) would require approximately 150 billion rubles.

Roscosmos said on July 2 that contracts for building the Russian Space Station had been signed, and the overall funding would amount to 608.9 billion rubles.

According to Solovyov, the station's service life will exceed 50 years.

Russian Space Station General Designer Vladimir Kozhevnikov said, for his part, that the Cosmonaut Training Center had chosen the cosmonauts to be the first to visit the national space station.