The launch of Russia’s Node Module Prichal as part of Progress M-NM using a Soyuz-2.1 carrier rocket is planned for November 2021.
Prichal is to be integrated into the Russian segment of the International Space Station. The Node Module is designed to increase technical and operational capabilities of the ISS Russian segment. It will be docked to the nadir port of the multipurpose laboratory module Nauka.
On August 9, 2021, the train carrying Prichal arrived at Tyuratam railway station for further assembly and prelaunch processing at the processing facility of the Baikonur cosmodrome.