this shit makes the JWST look like it was managed well and under budget:
>In 2004, the Russian Federal Space Agency stated that Nauka should be ready for launch in 2007... Nauka project was delayed further, first to 2008 and later to 2009. In October 2011, it was reported that Nauka was expected to be launched at the end of 2013. In May 2012, it was reported that the launch date had been pushed back to 2014. The next planned launch date was April 2014
>On October 25, 2013, Parabolic Arc reported that Nauka was flawed and had failed acceptance testing at RKK Energia. The module was to be returned to Khrunichev for repairs which would take another 12 to 18 months. On November 27, 2013, it was reported that the Russian Space Agency had informed NASA that the launch had been postponed until at least 2015. In April 2014, it emerged that the target date for launch was postponed to February 2017: a new propulsion system needed to be manufactured, as the installed had exceeded its warranty.
>By November 2016, the tentative launch date had slipped to mid-2018, aboard a Proton M rocket. It then slipped further with a projected launch date of March 2019, before a December 20, 2018 launch date was confirmed in December 2017. In August 2018, Roscosmos head Dmitry Rogozin set a new launch date of November 2019.. The propellant tanks were found to be contaminated with metallic dust in 2017, requiring further repair and replacement efforts. A tentative launch date in June 2020 is now in question, because the repair of the fuel tanks was unsuccessful; NPO Lavochkin will produce new single-use fuel tanks... Production of this new fuel system, installation into Nauka (at NPO Energia), and additional testing will delay launch beyond 2020.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauka_(ISS_module)
>In 2004, the Russian Federal Space Agency stated that Nauka should be ready for launch in 2007... Nauka project was delayed further, first to 2008 and later to 2009. In October 2011, it was reported that Nauka was expected to be launched at the end of 2013. In May 2012, it was reported that the launch date had been pushed back to 2014. The next planned launch date was April 2014
>On October 25, 2013, Parabolic Arc reported that Nauka was flawed and had failed acceptance testing at RKK Energia. The module was to be returned to Khrunichev for repairs which would take another 12 to 18 months. On November 27, 2013, it was reported that the Russian Space Agency had informed NASA that the launch had been postponed until at least 2015. In April 2014, it emerged that the target date for launch was postponed to February 2017: a new propulsion system needed to be manufactured, as the installed had exceeded its warranty.
>By November 2016, the tentative launch date had slipped to mid-2018, aboard a Proton M rocket. It then slipped further with a projected launch date of March 2019, before a December 20, 2018 launch date was confirmed in December 2017. In August 2018, Roscosmos head Dmitry Rogozin set a new launch date of November 2019.. The propellant tanks were found to be contaminated with metallic dust in 2017, requiring further repair and replacement efforts. A tentative launch date in June 2020 is now in question, because the repair of the fuel tanks was unsuccessful; NPO Lavochkin will produce new single-use fuel tanks... Production of this new fuel system, installation into Nauka (at NPO Energia), and additional testing will delay launch beyond 2020.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauka_(ISS_module)
