Contracts up for bid: Russian Federal Space Agency opened competition for new module, according to Izvestia:
Federal Space Agency has ordered a new module to the ISS for 3.72 billion rubles
Station itself may be operated up to 2028
Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) has opened a competition to create a new module for the Russian segment of International Space Station. The maximum price contract – 3.72 billion rubles.
This amount should include the creation, deployment and operation of a new laboratory module to the ISS. Terms of the contract: November 2011 to July 2013.
The tender documents published on the site office.
On the eve of the chief of manned programs Roskosmos Alexei Krasnov said that the life of the ISS can be further prolonged and the station can provide up to 2028.
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