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[[Image:ISS Interim Control Module.jpg|thumb|right|300px|ISS Interim Control Module]]
The '''Interim Control Module''' ('''ICM''') is a [[NASA]]-constructed module designed to serve as a temporary "tug" for the [[International Space Station]] in case the [[Zvezda (ISS module)|Zvezda]] service module was destroyed or not launched for an extended period of time.<ref name="HarlandCatchpole2002">{{cite book|last1=Harland|first1=David M.|last2=Catchpole|first2=John|title=Creating the International Space Station|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zvLUZT8PuGgC&pg=PA367|series=Springer-Praxis books in astronomy and space sciences|date=6 February 2002|publisher=Springer-Verlag|___location=Berlin|isbn=978-1-85233-202-0|page=367}}</ref>
==History== It was derived from a formerly-classified Titan Launch Dispenser used to distribute reconnaissance satellites to different orbits.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/space/library/news/1997/7-97r.htm |title=NRL Revamping Control Module for NASA Space Station |publisher=[[Naval Research Laboratory|NRL]] |date= June 1997 |access-date=17 May 2015}}</ref> It would have been able to prolong the lifespan of the [[Zarya (ISS module)|Zarya]] module by providing equivalent propulsion capabilities to the Service Module, although not any of the other life support capabilities. {{quote|text=In 1997 NASA requested that the [[Naval Research Laboratory]] study the feasibility of adapting an existing, heritage spaceflight system to provide low-cost, contingency propulsion operations for the International Space Station (ISS).
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