HERMANUS (South Africa), July 24 Director General of Roskosmos Yury Borisov.
“I would like to invite BRICS partners to consider the opportunity to take part in this project and, by joining forces, create a full-fledged module that, being part of the ROS, would allow the BRICS countries to use the possibilities of low Earth orbit to implement their national space programs,” he said at a meeting of the joint committee on cooperation in the field of space of the BRICS countries. According to him, ROS will be the next step in the development of manned cosmonautics.
Earlier, Borisov said that the Russian Federation was offering African countries participation in the ROS project and the creation of national modules for this station. Later, he clarified that Russia is open to cooperation within the framework of the creation of a new station not only with African countries.
Rocket and Space Corporation (RKK) Energia is currently conducting a preliminary design of a new station, it should be completed in 2023. It is assumed that the first module of the new station will be launched in 2027, and astronauts will be able to go to it in 2028. Completion of construction is expected in 2032.
ROS should appear by the time the decommissioning of the International Space Station begins (scheduled for 2028-2030), in which, in addition to Russia, the United States, the European Space Agency, Canada and Japan participate. kosmos-1790764497.html» data-title='Rogozin said that ESA is trying to lure BRICS partners away from Roskosmos'>