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{{Short description|Once-proposed laboratory portion(s) of the International Space Station}}
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The '''Russian Research Module''' (RM) was to be a [[Russia]]n component of the [[International Space Station]] (ISS) that provided facilities for Russian science experiments and research.

==History==
The original designs of ISS featured two research modules shaped like a rounded [[Zarya (ISS module)|''Zarya'' Functional Cargo Block]], but Russian budget problems caused one of them along with the [[Universal Docking Module]] to be cancelled early in the program, leaving only one Research Module. This Research Module was scheduled to be built and launched in 2010 or later. In 2007 it was decided that, due to the continuing budget problems, the last Research Module was to be cancelled as well.{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}}

According to the schedule{{when|date=April 2022}} the module with scientific designation for the [[Russian Orbital Segment]] became the [[Zarya (ISS module)|FGB]]-2 based Multipurpose Laboratory Module [[Nauka (ISS module)|''Nauka'']] approved after the cancellation of the original RM1 and RM2.

Additionally the [[Russian Orbital Segment]] contains two smaller modules, initially named [[Mini-Research Module (disambiguation)|Mini-Research Module]] (MRM) 1 and 2. The MRM1 [[Rassvet (ISS module)|''Rassvet'']] implements the Docking and Stowage Module of the original design and is based on the canceled [[Science Power Platform]] pressurised compartment. Rassvet was launched in 2010 by [[STS-132]] on board the [[Space Shuttle]] [[Space Shuttle Atlantis|''Atlantis'']] by NASA. MRM2 is one of the names for the original Docking Compartment 2 module [[Poisk (ISS module)|''Poisk'']], that was canceled, but later scheduled again for 2009 launch by [[Progress M-MIM2]].

RKK Energia, the manufacturer of the [[Russian Orbital Segment|ROS]] components, proposes to execute a similar plan to the original ISS proposal with the addition of the [[Prichal (ISS module)|nodal module ''Prichal'']] in 2021 and two additional science/energy modules to the segment around the mid-2020s, though it has decided {{as of|lc=y|2022|April}} to launch the modules as their own space station.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.space-travel.com/reports/Russia_Needs_Billions_More_To_Complete_Its_ISS_Segment_999.html|title=Russia Needs Billions More To Complete Its ISS Segment|publisher=Space-Travel.com|accessdate=2009-01-29|date=14 April 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/content/numbers/306/index.shtml|title=Program for Development of the Russian ISS Segment|publisher=Novosti Kosmonavtiki|author=Sergei Shamsutdinov|date=July 2008|accessdate=2009-02-15|language=Russian|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606065940/http://www.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/content/numbers/306/11.shtml|archivedate=6 June 2011}}</ref>{{Needs update|date=April 2022}}

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[[Category:Russian components of the International Space Station]]
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