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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.
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Priroda

Soviet space module
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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.
Mir Soviet/Russian space station Mir after completion in 1996. The date shown for each module is its year of launch. Docked to the station are a Soyuz TM crewed spacecraft and an uncrewed Progress resupply ferry.

The "Priroda" was a science module for the Soviet/Russian modular space station Mir. Launched in April 1996, it was equipped with remote-sensing instruments for ecological and environmental studies of Earth. Priroda was one of five expansion modules added to Mir's core unit between 1987 and 1996, transforming it into a versatile space laboratory. Mir, meaning "peace" or "world" in Russian, was the third generation of Soviet space stations and was continuously inhabited for over 14 years, hosting international crews and conducting various scientific experiments.12

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