Russia plans to utilize its future national, orbital station (ROSS) as a platform for the development of space tourism as declared the Director of Roscomos, the state corporation of the Russian Federation responsible for space flights, cosmonautics programs, and aerospace research, Dmitry Bakanov.
The senior official of Roscomos assured, during his speech at the conference “Digital Industry of Industrial Russia”, which has been taking place since 2nd June 2025 in Nizhny Novgorod, famous city on the Volga River in western Russia when ROSS comes into operation, it will a platform to develop tourist missions aboard the station, which is intended to replace ISS, the International Space Station, which, although still in operation has already completed its time of use.
ROSS will be modular, similar to the ISS, with potential for future expansion and according to the source, the new, all – Russian station should be ready to be put in orbit between 2027 and 2033.
The first stage of construction will involve launching several modules, including a science and power module, a nodal module, and a gateway module, with in addition a commercial module for up to four space tourists that is also under consideration according to the Journal of Space Operations & Communicator.
The first part of ROSS to reach circumterrestrial space will be the science and energy module, which is scheduled to launch by the end of 2027. By 2030, it is planned to launch the universal, airlock and basic node modules, which together with the science and energy module will form the core of the station.
In the second stage, in the period from 2031 to 2033, it is planned to expand the station by coupling two destinations modules. The estimated cost of the project is 608.9 billion rubles, almost $7 billion.
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