.jpg) The docking module seen in the payload bay of the Space Shuttle Atlantis on STS-74, prior to docking with Mir. | |
| Module statistics | |
|---|---|
| Part of | Mir |
| Launch date | 12 November 1995 |
| Launch vehicle | Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-74) |
| Docked | 15 November 1995 |
| Reentry | 23 March 2001 |
| Mass | 6,134 kg (13,523 lb) |
| Length | 4.7 m (15 ft) |
| Diameter | 2.2 m (7 ft 3 in) |
| References: [1][2][3] | |
| Configuration | |
 The docking module shown isolated in its basic configuration. Various additional external fixtures are not shown. | |
The Mir Docking Module, formally known as the Stykovochnyy Otsek (SO; Russian: стыковочный отсек, lit. 'Docking compartment'; GRAU index 316GK), was the sixth module of the Russian space station Mir, launched in November 1995 aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis.[4] The module, built by Energia, was designed to help simplify space shuttle dockings to Mir during the Shuttle-Mir program, 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]
- ^ a b Hendrickx, 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.
- ^ a b Zak, Anatoly (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.