Diagram Of Mir Space Station
Caption diagram of the mir space station in an early configuration.
Diagram of mir space station. Generally referred to as either the core module or base block the module was launched on 20 february 1986 on a proton k rocket from lc 200 39 at the baikonur cosmodrome. It had a greater mass than any previous spacecraft at the time it was the largest artificial satellite in orbit succeeded by the. Mir was the first modular space station and was assembled in orbit from 1986 to 1996. The spacecraft was generally similar in design to the two.
The first six diagrams are pdf files. Priroda module toc site map photo gallery video gallery diagrams welcome search toc site map photo gallery video gallery diagrams welcome. Module der raumstation mir. The dark overlay indicates where it is nighttime in the world.
You will need the free adobe acrobat viewer available on this cd under search. Select an image to view a diagram. Peace or world was a space station that operated in low earth orbit from 1986 to 2001 operated by the soviet union and later by russia. The tracker top map shows where the space station is right now and its path 90 minutes ago 1 5 hr and 90 minutes ahead 1 5 hr.
Orbital docking system ods toc site map photo gallery video gallery diagrams welcome search toc site map photo gallery video gallery diagrams. Peace dos 7 was the first module of the soviet russian mir space station complex in low earth orbit from 1986 to 2001. Kvant 2 module toc site map photo gallery video gallery diagrams welcome search toc site map photo gallery video gallery diagrams welcome. M j ir lit.
Seen here is the mir core module with a soyuz spacecraft docked to it left. The map of earth below the tracker shows where the space station is flying directly above. Live space station tracking map.