Soyuz 2.1b | Uzlovoy Module (UM) "Prichal"

Launch Provider & Rocket

• Provider: Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) (Government)
• Rocket: Soyuz 2.1b — Soyuz family

Mission

The UM (Uzlovoy Module) or NM (Node Module) is a node to be added to the Russian part of the ISS complex. It is also named Prichal. UM will be delivered by a modified Progress space tug, called Progress-M-UM. The UM will be docked to the nadir port of the MLM (Nauka) module, providing four ports to mount additional modules and one docking port for cargo and crew spacecrafts.

• Type: Human Exploration
• Orbit: Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Launch Site

• Pad: 31/6
• Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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Program

• International Space Station — The International Space Station programme is tied together by a complex set of legal, political and financial agreements between the sixteen nations involved in the project, governing ownership of the various components, rights to crewing and utilization, and responsibilities for crew rotation and resupply of the International Space Station. It was conceived in 1984 by President Ronald Reagan, during the Space Station Freedom project as it was originally called. (Wikipedia)