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[[page]](1) (1) BACKGROUND ON MIR LAUNCHED IN 1986 (~ 9 yrs old) OCCUPIED NEARLY CONTINUOUSLY SINCE 3 MONTHS → 14 MONTH STAYS [CURRENT MIR HAS LOTS OF PIECES DOCKED TOGETHER, EACH LAUNCHED SEPARATELY... 1ST PIECE = MIR (MIR CORE, MIR MODULE) [[image of MIR]] [[text pointing to image]] DOCKING PORT (6 TOTAL) 5+1 → |-- ~10 m --| |-- ~4 m --| ←DOCKING PORT (FIT IN SHUTTLE BAY) [[/text pointing to image]] 2 SOLAR PANELS ATTACHED...EACH ~5-6 KW of POWER → COSMONAUTS COME UP IN SOYUZ ⇒ ALWAYS SOYUZ @ 1 DOCKING PORT 2 or 3 onboard for 4-6 months → ADDED (1) KVANT SCIENCE MODULE ADDED (2) KVANT 2 AIRLOCK MODULE (3) KRISTALL MODULE (4) PRIRODA (5) SPEKTR (2) CURRENT CONFIG. [[image of SOYUZ]] [[text pointing to image]] SHUTTLE DOCKS HERE → KRISTALL → SPEKTR → KVANT 2 ← PRIRODA MIR KVANT ←SOYUZ [[/text pointing to image]] ORBIT ~212 X 213 nmi SOLAR PANEL: 1 STUCK, 1 CAN'T GIMBAL
Transcription Notes:
researched names of MIR/SOYUZ parts