Zvezda (ISS module)

"DOS-8" redirects here. For other uses, see DOS 8.

Zvezda
Zvezda as seen by Space Shuttle Atlantis during STS-106
Module statistics
COSPAR ID2000-037A
Part ofInternational Space Station
Launch date12 July 2000, 04:56 UTC
Launch vehicleProton-K
Docked26 July 2000, 01:45 UTC (Zarya aft)
Mass20,320 kg (44,800 lb)
Length13.1 m (43 ft)
Width29.7 m (97 ft)
Diameter4.35 m (14.3 ft)
Pressurised volume
  • 75 m3 (2,600 cu ft)
  • Habitable: 46.7 m3 (1,650 cu ft)
References: [1][2][3][4][5][6]
Configuration

On-orbit configuration of the Zvezda service module
Zvezda heads into orbit aboard a Proton launch vehicle on July 12, 2000.
Expedition 43 crew celebrate a birthday in Zvezda module, 2015.

Zvezda (Russian: Звезда, lit. 'star'), also known as the Zvezda Service Module, is a module of the International Space Station (ISS). It was the third module launched to the station, and provided all of the station's life support systems, some of which are supplemented in the US Orbital Segment (USOS), as well as living quarters for two crew members. It is the structural and functional center of the Russian Orbital Segment (ROS), which is the Russian part of the ISS. Crew assemble here to deal with emergencies on the station.[7][8][9]

The module was manufactured in the USSR by Energia, with major sub-contracting work by GKNPTs Khrunichev.[10] Zvezda was launched on a Proton launch vehicle on 12 July 2000, and docked with the Zarya module on 26 July 2000 at 01:45 UTC. It is a descendant of the Salyut programme's DOS spacecraft, leading to the alternate name, DOS-8.

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