Spektr

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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.

Spektr

Soviet space module

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Mir
… (1990), a materials-sciences laboratory; and Spektr (1995) and Priroda (1996), two science modules containing remote-sensing instruments for ecological and environmental studies of Earth. With the exception of its first occupants, Mir’s cosmonaut crews traveled between the station and Earth in upgraded Soyuz TM spacecraft, and supplies were transported by robotic…
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… (1990), a materials-sciences laboratory; and Spektr (1995) and Priroda (1996), two science modules containing remote-sensing instruments for ecological and environmental studies of Earth. With the exception of its first occupants, Mir’s cosmonaut crews traveled between the station and Earth in upgraded Soyuz TM spacecraft, and supplies were transported by robotic…
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space station
Revival of the U.S. station program
…its last two modules, named Spektr and Priroda, to Mir. In 1996, a decade after its assembly began, Mir was finally completed.
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…its last two modules, named Spektr and Priroda, to Mir. In 1996, a decade after its assembly began, Mir was finally completed.
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