SOME ASPECTS OF M. V. KHRUNICHEV STATE RESEARCH AND PRODUCTION SPACE CENTER PRODUCTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) ORBITAL MANNED MODULES

摘要

Khrunichev Space Center was created by a Russian Federation President's Law of June7,1993 on the base of the largest Russian rocket-space equipment producers Khrunichev Rocket Space Technology Plant and Design Bureau "Salyut". The history of the enterprise is the history of the new technologies implementation, enhancing of the Russian participation in the world space market and active dealing with the international space programs development. Four generations of the strategic missiles, "Proton" rocket - space long living launcher, orbital stations "Salyut" and "Mir", space modules "Kvant", "Kvant-2","Crystal","Spectr" and "Priroda" have become the most important stages of the mighty production complex development. All pressurized manned modules of the "Mir" orbital complex have been produced by Khrunichev Space Center. Since 1993 Khrunichev Space Center has been working under the International Space Station (ISS) Program. On November 20,1998 the first International Space Station element -20 ton module FGB "Zarya" was placed into the orbit by a "Proton" launcher (Flight 1 A/R) from the Baikonur cosmodrome. Thus, the ISS creation has been started by this event, and the first stone to the Station's base was "Zarya" module produced by Khrunichev Space Center. The M.V. Khrunichev SRPSC has been set up by the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of 7 June 1993 on the basis of the largest Russian manufacturers of space-rocket engineering - the M.V. Khrunichev plant and the "Salyut" DB. The history of the enterprise is the history of development of new technologies, extension of Russia's participation in the international space market, active participation in execution of international space programs. Four generations of strategic rockets, space long-liver ? "Proton" launch vehicle, "Salyut", "Mir" orbital stations, "Kvant", "Kvant-2", "Kristal", "Spektr", "Priroda" space modules have become the most important phases in rise and development of the most powerful industrial complex.