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International Space Station
Cutaway diagram of the U.S. Skylab space station with docked Apollo Command and Service modules, showing labeled components such as solar arrays, telescope mount, docking adapter, airlock, instrument units, living quarters, and workshop areas.
Skylab in orbit
Soyuz T-5 and Salyut 7
Detailed labeled diagram of the completed Mir space station as of 1996, showing its modular structure with labeled components including Kvant 1, Kvant 2, Kristall, Spektr, Priroda, the Mir base block, shuttle docking module, and multiple solar panels. A Soyuz TM crew spacecraft and an unmanned Progress cargo ferry are shown docked to the station. Key features such as attitude-control thrusters, airlock hatch, communication antennas, and docking ports are also identified.
Atlantis and Mir
ISS crew in December 2000
International Space Station
International Space Station
Automated transfer vehicle
Protecting satellites from space debris
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Peake, Tim
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Sigmund Jähn
East German cosmonaut
Glushko, Valentin Petrovich
Valentin Petrovich Glushko
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