Interim Control Module

The Interim Control Module (ICM ) was a NASA constructed module, which should serve as a temporary drive for the International Space Station, if the start of the Zvezda module significantly delayed or there would have been destroyed at the start. It originated from a Titan rocket upper, were positioned with the reconnaissance satellites on different orbits. The ICM could have prolonged the life of the Zarya module by it would have found this equivalent drive options available, even if it has no life support systems.

In 1997, NASA, the Naval Research Laboratory ( NRL) in charge of investigating whether an existing space system can be adjusted so that you get a cost-effective replacement drive system for the International Space Station. In order to meet the tight schedule of NASA, NRL was finally commissioned to begin construction of the ICM. From the beginning, the ICM was intended as a stopgap measure for the height control and correction of the ISS, which would allow NASA, and then follow the schedule of assembly of the ISS, if the start of the Zvezda had delayed.

The ICM should launch aboard a space shuttle and are docked at the Russian Zarya module. The ICM would have contained enough fuel for the operation of one to three years.

Currently, the ICM in a standby status in the Payload Processing Facility of the NRL in Washington, DC, if it is needed for future ISS missions. The NRL also examines alternative uses for the ICM.

In particular, SpaceX examines the start of the ICM with a Falcon 9 rocket as a potential solution to the ISS after the closure of the shuttle fleet.

Zarya · Unity · PMA · Zvezda · Integrated Truss Structure · Destiny · ESP · Mobile Servicing System · Canadarm2 Quest · · · Pirs Strela · Harmony · Columbus · Kibo · Canada · Hand Poisk · ELC - 1, 2, 3 & 4 · · Tranquility Cupola Rassvet · · · PMM Leonardo Alpha magnetic Spectrometer

Yet to be launched modules: Nauka · ERA · SPM

Coated modules: CAM · Habitation Modules · ICM · · IPM Research Modules · SPP UDM · · DSM · MPM · Enterprise Crew Return Vehicle

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