Russian storage and crew access module for the Shuttle-Mir Program
Mir Docking Module
The docking module seen in the payload bay of the Space ShuttleAtlantis on STS-74, prior to docking with Mir.
Module statistics
Part of
Mir
Launch date
12 November 1995
Launch vehicle
Space ShuttleAtlantis (STS-74)
Docked
15 November 1995
Reentry
23 March 2001
Mass
4.3 tonnes
Length
4.7 metres
Diameter
2.9 metres
References: [1][2][3]
Configuration
The docking module shown isolated in its basic configuration. Various additional external fixtures are not shown.
The Stykovochnyy Otsek (Russian: стыковочный отсек, English: Docking compartment), GRAU index 316GK, otherwise known as the Mir Docking Module or SO, was the sixth module of the Russian space station Mir, launched in November 1995 aboard the Space ShuttleAtlantis.[4] The module, built by RKK Energia, was designed to help simplify space shuttle dockings to Mir during the Shuttle-Mir programme, preventing the need for the periodic relocation of the Kristall module necessary for dockings prior to the compartment's arrival.[3] The module was also used to transport two new photovoltaic arrays to the station, as a mounting point for external experiments, and as a storage module when not in use for dockings.[1]
^ abHendrickx, Bart (2000). "The Development of Mir and its Modules". In Hall, Rex (ed.). The History of Mir 1986–2000. London: British Interplanetary Society. pp. 3–20. ISBN 0-9506597-4-6.
^Wade, Mark (5 March 2011). "Mir-Shuttle Docking Module". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 8 January 2010. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
^ abAnatoly Zak (26 January 2010). "Mir: Docking compartment". Russian Space Web. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
^Harland, David (30 November 2004). The Story of Space Station Mir. New York: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. ISBN 978-0-387-23011-5.
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