Waspie_Dwarf Posted April 20, 2013 #1 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Russia to Deorbit Space Station’s Pirs Module in 2013 KOROLYOV, April 19 (RIA Novosti) - Russia plans to deorbit and sink its Pirs docking module of the International Space Station later this year, a high-ranking official with the Russian space corporation RKK Energia said on Friday.Alexander Kaleri, the head of the company’s scientific technical center, said undocking and deorbiting Pirs will take place before a new Russian module docks with the station. Alexander Derechin, RKK Energia deputy chief designer said in late March the launch of the multirole laboratory module (MLM) is tentatively scheduled for the end of 2013. Read more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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