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(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)

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DOCKING PORT (6 TOTAL) 5+1 →
|--  ~10 m --|
|--  ~4 m  --|
←DOCKING PORT
(FIT IN SHUTTLE BAY)
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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]]
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SHUTTLE DOCKS HERE →
KRISTALL →
SPEKTR →
KVANT 2
← PRIRODA
MIR
KVANT 
←SOYUZ
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ORBIT 
~212 X 213 nmi
SOLAR PANEL:
1 STUCK, 1 CAN'T GIMBAL

Transcription Notes:
researched names of MIR/SOYUZ parts