Kvant-1
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Kvant-1 was the first module to be attached in 1987 to the Mir Core Module, which formed the core of the Soviet space station Mir. It remained attached to Mir until the entire space station was deorbi
Kvant 1 cropped
Kvant-1 docked to the Mir Core Module, with Soyuz TM-3 docked to its aft port.
Kristall
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Kristall, was the second module on the Mir space station. It was the second module to be installed on Mir. It was launched May 31, 1990 on a Proton-K and docked autonomously on June 10, 1990.
Kvant-1
…to act as a space tug. The FSM was derived from the TKS spacecraft, which would later form the basis for the Functional Cargo Block of the Kvant-2, Kristall, Spektr, and Priroda modules. Kvant-1 and its FSM were launched on March 30, 1987 – at the time of the launch, the Mir station was staffed by the EO-2…
Kristall in 1997
APAS-89 docking mechanisms on Kristall
Depiction of the Buran docked with Mir.