Crews of Soyuz MS-17 and MS-18 will repeatedly enter open space

"The crews, which flew away today and which we plan to send in April, are preparing for a large number of exits (into open space -

) to dock all cables, all structural elements of the Nauka module with the ISS," TASS quotes him.

Rogozin noted that the launch of the multi-functional laboratory module "Science" for the ISS is a good sign, because "Russia thus demonstrates confidence in the station, in its life, in its ability to develop further."

According to the agency, the "Science" module is capable of producing oxygen for six people and regenerating water from urine.

With this module, astronauts will receive a second toilet, a cabin for a third crew member and the European manipulator ERA - with it it will be possible to perform some work without going into outer space.

On October 14, the Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft with three crew members, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergei Ryzhikov and Sergei Kud-Sverchkov, and NASA astronaut Kathleen Rubins, flew to the ISS for the first time using a two-turn scheme, setting a record for the speed of flight to the station.

It took a little over three hours.

On October 22, it is planned to return the Soyuz MS-16 crew with the ISS-63 crew consisting of Anatoly Ivanishin, Ivan Wagner and Christopher Cassidy.