Russia Eyes Reusing ISS Modules for New Space Station, Despite Existing Issues

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24/12/2025

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Russia intends to turn its present pieces of the International Space Station into the core of its next national station, ROSS. The ISS is because of close besides Russia will stay with it only until 2028.

Key points

Roscosmos will detach the Russian ISS modules and reuse them for ROSS.
The earlier idea of launching seven brand new modules has been dropped.
Tight money and the current political climate appear to have pushed the agency toward reuse.
The Russian side of the ISS already leaks air - the health of the old hardware is uncertain.

A new plan for ROSS

Roscosmos has accepted a proposal to base ROSS on the modules Russia owns today, rather than build an all new station. Oleg Orlov, head of the Institute of Biomedical Problems, said a special commission has studied the switch for months.

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After the ISS is guided into the South Pacific about 2030, Russia will detach its modules plus bolt on extra units to complete ROSS. The original schedule called for the first new ROSS module to fly in 2027 and for the station to host crews in 2028; that timetable has now been set aside.

Political and technical problems

The war in Ukraine has worsened Russia's relations with other spacefaring nations. Moscow once said it might leave the ISS after 2024 but later agreed to remain until 2028.

The Russian segment also suffers from a leak that Roscosmos first noticed in 2019. Air escapes where a docking port meets the Zvezda module but also the leak rate has doubled. NASA even delayed the Axiom 4 flight in June after sensors in Zvezda showed a fresh pressure drop.

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After more than twenty years in orbit, the station's metal, seals and interiors have aged and carry bacteria. Russia must now show how it will cope with worn parts and known leaks when it reuses the hardware for ROSS.

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