Russia Plans to Create Core of New Space Station by 2030

Head of the Roscosmos space corporation Yuri Borisov attends a State Committee meeting at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, on Sept. 14, 2023. Maxim Shipenkov/Pool via Reuters

Russia is aiming to create the four-module core of its planned new orbital space station by 2030, its Roscosmos space agency said on Tuesday.

The head of Roscosmos, Yuri Borisov, signed off on the timetable with the directors of 19 enterprises involved in creating the new station.