The newest habitable module for the International Space Station (ISS), Nauka, has arrived at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for final preparations before launch. The module’s launch ...

The module will separate from the carrier rocket 580 seconds after the takeoff. Further approach to the International Space Station (ISS) will be carried out with the help of Nauka’s own engines.

In October 2023, the Nauka module on the ISS experienced a radiator leak, adding to the series of technical difficulties. Russian officials have often attributed these issues to external factors ...

Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky has become the first resident of Russia’s Nauka multipurpose laboratory module, which became a part of the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS ...

And in 2021, Russia’s docked Nauka module caused a scare when its thrusters suddenly fired up, temporarily pushing the ISS out of orientation. No one aboard the station was injured in the ...