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Mir Docking Module
The Stykovochnyy Otsek ((ロシア語:стыковочный отсек), (英語:Docking compartment)), GRAU index 316GK, otherwise known as the ''Mir'' docking module or SO, was the sixth module of the Russian space station ''Mir'', launched in November 1995 aboard the . The module, built by RKK Energia, was designed to help simplify space shuttle dockings to ''Mir'' during the Shuttle-''Mir'' programme, preventing the need for the periodic relocation of the ''Kristall'' module necessary for dockings prior to the compartment's arrival.〔 The module was also used to transport two new photovoltaic arrays to the station, as a mounting point for external experiments, and as a storage module when not in use for dockings.〔
==Development==
The docking module originated in the 1992 design version of the cancelled ''Mir''-2 space station, which featured a combined docking compartment and airlock to facilitate docking missions during the Soviet ''Buran'' space shuttle programme (this module, SO-1, was eventually incorporated into the Russian Orbital Segment of the International Space Station as ''Pirs''). When the Shuttle-''Mir'' programme began, engineers realised that in order to enable US space shuttles to dock to ''Mir'', the ''Kristall'' module would have to be relocated to the forward port of the core module and back to its own lateral port each time a shuttle docked, a process which was not only time consuming but would also be entirely reliant on ''Kristalls Lyappa arm, which, should it fail, would prevent any further shuttle missions to the station. Adding a small extension to ''Kristall'', however, would provide the shuttles the clearance they needed to dock without necessitating the relocation of the module on each occasion, and it was decided to base the design of the new module loosely on that of the ''Mir''-2 docking compartment.〔
Discussions on providing a docking module for the Shuttle-''Mir'' programme began in May 1993 and approval was granted on 1 November, with the draft plan being developed by December. The module consisted of what were essentially two Soyuz TM-16 type Soyuz orbital modules cut in half, with a cylindrical central portion mounted in the center of the two halves which incorporated docking apparatus (the other two halves were not used). An APAS-89 docking port was mounted on each end. Mounting points were also provided for two boxes (containing new solar arrays) and other external experiments, and the module was provided with its own thermal control, television transmission, and telemetry systems. Rather than being covered in a newly-manufactured white thermal blanket, the module was flown with an unusual orange blanket, which was selected from pre-existing stock for financial reasons. Development of the simplified module was given priority over the more complex ''Mir''-2 type SO-1, and the flight model, the first to make use of NASA's new Space Station Processing Facility, was delivered to Kennedy Space Center on 7 June 1995 alongside the new solar arrays which were to be launched with it.〔
The module was launched aboard the on 12 November 1995 on mission STS-74 and both the module and ''Atlantis'' docked to ''Mir'' on 15 November, leaving STS-71 as the only Shuttle-''Mir'' docking mission requiring ''Kristall'' to be relocated.
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