Russia Develops Concept Of Own Lunar Orbital Station

Russia Develops Concept of Own Lunar Orbital Station

Russia's general designer of manned spacecraft Yevgeny Mikrin on Monday presented a concept of Russian lunar orbital station at a scientific conference dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the International Space Station.

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 19th November, 2018) Russia's general designer of manned spacecraft Yevgeny Mikrin on Monday presented a concept of Russian lunar orbital station at a scientific conference dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the International Space Station.

"The concept of a manned lunar station has been formed," Mikrin said during a slide presentation at the conference.

"We propose that the base block of the station should be created in accordance with the composition of the current Russian segment of the ISS, and include a node module, a scientific/ energy module, and a propulsion module," Mikrin said.

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