Sounds more like a step backwards.
on Tuesday that it's abandoning the International Space Station "after 2024," saying that it's looking to build its own orbiting station instead.with Vladimir Solovyov, head of flight operations for Russian space company Energia, the country's vision for its upcoming station dubbed Russian Orbital Service Station isn't exactly groundbreaking.
Crewed expeditions to ROSS would only last up to two months to complete necessary repair works. The plan is to have crews visit ROSS twice a year, while the country's Progress spaceships will deliver cargo. The latter will resemble the Nauka module, which docked with the International Space Station last year, according to Solovyov."With political will and sufficient funding, ROSS can be used as a base for assembling a lunar or Martian complex," Solovyov said. Smaller and cheaper rockets could complete the remaining trip to the lunar surface with cosmonauts on board.
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