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Russia to build autonomous space laboratory

Periodically docking with the International Space Station

Started by Waspie_Dwarf , Dec 26 2012 09:54 PM

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Posted 26 December 2012 - 09:54 PM

Energia Corp Lands $11 Mln Space Lab Contract

RIA Novosti said:

MOSCOW, December 21 (RIA Novosti) - Space rocket corporation Energia has won a 350 million ruble (about $11 million) contract to design the orbital laboratory Oka-T-MKS, the state procurements agency said Friday on its website.

Russia’s Federal Space Agency Roscosmos announced a tender for the contract in mid-October and only received one bid: from Energia Corp.

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