National Space Center

History

2023: Completion

On October 4, 2023, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin announced the completion of the main construction of the National Space Center (NCC). The mayor of the capital visited this facility together with the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation - Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov and the General Director of the state corporation Roscosmos Yury Borisov.

The main installation work was completed, all 47 floors of the high-rise building were installed, they began laying engineering communications, facade and finishing work. And we are already coordinating the terms of reference for the technological part. I hope that in the next [2024] year the center will work in full, - said Sergei Sobyanin on October 4, 2023.

Sergei Sobyanin announced the completion of the main construction of the National Space Center

As indicated on the website of the mayor of Moscow, the central element of the NCC will be a high-rise triangular tower, reminiscent of a rocket installed on the launch pad. The appearance of the building will complement the original architectural and artistic lighting. Lighting fixtures with a warm glow spectrum will be installed in the lower part - this will create the illusion of a launch flame igniting under the rocket.

A long body will join the tower, divided into several blocks - "keys." It will be possible to walk through a through gallery, which, according to the authors' idea, symbolizes a ribbon of time telling about the history of space exploration.

The center was erected on the territory of the State Space Research and Production Center named after M.V. Khrunichev in the Filevsky Park area. The project for the creation of the NCC includes not only the construction of new buildings, but also the preservation of the production complex of the GKNPC named after M.V. Khrunichev, it will occupy about 50 hectares.

It is assumed that the Russian scientific and educational potential will be concentrated in the NCC: in addition to the production facilities of the rocket and space industry, it is planned to organize the placement of industry departments of leading technical universities in Moscow.^[1]

2022: Centre construction

On January 24, 2022, it became known about the completion date of the construction of the National Space Center (NCC) in Moscow. We are talking about a complex of buildings on the territory of the State Space Research and Production Center (GKNPC) named after M.V. Khrunichev. The project is planned to be fully implemented in 2023.

On the territory of the Khrunichev Center, the largest project in Moscow is being implemented to create a scientific and technological cluster, which will combine production, research, and educational buildings. The core of this territory will be a scientific and space center, which is being built jointly with Roscosmos, - said Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, whose words are quoted by the press service of the capital's Urban Planning Policy and Construction Complex.

The National Space Center is being built in Moscow for tens of billions

As Sobyanin noted, by January 24, 2022, a significant part of the 10-story buildings of the future NCC had already been built. The builders began the construction of the main, high-rise tower. Seven floors are already ready.

It is assumed that the creation of the NCC will allow combining on one site a number of key organizations of the rocket and space industry: the central office and the situation center of the state corporation Roscosmos, industry institutes and enterprises, which by January 2022 are scattered throughout Moscow. In addition, it will include a modern educational complex, youth design bureaus, a business support center, exhibition centers, and a production diversification center.

Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that about 25 billion rubles would be spent on the construction of the National Space Center in Moscow. According to the head of state, it is necessary that there is not only everything that concerns space directly, but that a cluster of adjacent areas is located nearby, which are extremely needed by the space industry.^[2]

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