On Wednesday morning, Russia will try to launch a Proton-M rocket to the International Space Station. The objective of the mission is to ship Russia’s new “Nauka” module to the ISS, together with a smooth new robotic arm constructed by a European consortium. You can watch the motion stay proper right here.

The Proton-M provider rocket is scheduled to launch at 10:58 a.m. EDT (7:58 a.m. PDT) on Wednesday, July 21 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Packed atop the rocket is a brand new ISS module formally generally known as the Russian Multipurpose Laboratory, however mates comprehend it as Nauka. The European Robotic Arm (ERA), constructed for the European Space Agency, is coming alongside for the trip. NASA’s protection of the launch begins at 10:30 a.m. EDT (7:30 a.m. PDT).

The cargo gained’t arrive on the ISS till July 29, at which level the module will dock to the nadir docking level of the Zvezda service module, according to Roscosmos. This port is at the moment occupied by the Pirs docking compartment, which has been in service for 20 years. Pirs will detach from the ISS on Friday July 23 after which expend on reentry by Earth’s ambiance (this process is contingent on a profitable launch of the Nauka module). As NASA Spaceflight reports, Pirs would be the first ISS module “to be decommissioned and removed from the outpost.”

Roscomos says Nauka is “meant to expand the functionality of the Russian segment of the International Space Station.” The new section will present extra room for working experiments and storing cargo and gear (together with water and oxygen regeneration gear) and can “improve the conditions of cosmonauts’ stay.”

Once deployed and dealing, ERA would be the first robotic joint to service Russian segments of the ISS. The 37-foot-long arm has autonomous capabilities, and it is going to be able to “walking” alongside the outside of the ISS. Moving like an inchworm, the arm will latch its end-points to anchors positioned on the floor of the orbital outpost.

ESA astronauts Thomas Pesquet, Matthias Maurer, and Samantha Cristoforetti will help the set up of the arm, each from inside and outdoors the ISS. Installation of the arm would require 5 spacewalks, according to ESA. The first duties for the brand new arm might be to arrange an airlock and radiator for the Nauka module.

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