The Nauka module prepares to dock Thursday with the International Space Station.
(AP/Roscosmos Space Agency Press Service)
Russian module docks at space station
MOSCOW Russia s long-delayed lab module successfully docked with the International Space Station on Thursday, eight days after it was launched from the Russian space launch facility in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.
The 22-ton Nauka module, also called the Multipurpose Laboratory Module, docked with the orbiting outpost in an automatic mode after a long journey and a series of maneuvers. Russia s space agency, Roscosmos, confirmed the module s contact with the International Space Station.
The launch of Nauka, which is intended to provide more room for the crew and for scientific experiments, had been delayed repeatedly because of technical problems. It was initially scheduled to go up in 2007.
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