A little while ago, the Russian Nauka module, formally called the Multipurpose Laboratory Module (MLM), docked with the International Space Station, becoming part of the Russian section many years late. Along with it is the European Robotic Arm (ERA) developed under the auspices of ESA. Nauka/MLM replaces the Pirs module, which on July 26 was dropped from the Station and transported by the Progress MS-16 cargo spacecraft to Earth’s atmosphere, where both disintegrated on reentry. Nauka was launched on July 21.