Pirs (ISS module)
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Pirs – also called Stykovochny Otsek 1 and DC-1 – was a Russian module on the International Space Station. Pirs was launched on 14 September 2001, and was located on the Zvezda module of the station.
The Pirs module attached to the International Space Station.
The flight engineer Oleg Kononenko photographs commander Sergey Volkov operating the manual Strela crane holding him. The commander stands on Pirs and has his back to the Soyuz spacecraft. Zarya is seen to the left and Zvezda across the bottom of the image.
Progress DC-1 and Pirs approaches ISS
Nadir Docking port on Zvezda, the docking location of Pirs Module. (now Nauka Module)
Poisk (ISS module)
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Poisk, also known as the Mini-Research Module 2, is a docking module of the International Space Station. Added in 2009, Poisk was the first major Russian addition to the International Space Station si
Pirs (ISS module)
…the new design no longer included the SO-2, and its construction was canceled. After another change of plans the SO-2 module finally evolved into the Poisk module, which was added to the ISS in 2009. The Pirs docking compartment had two primary functions: to provide a docking port for visiting Soyuz and…
Poisk attached to the ISS prior to the separation of its propulsion unit
Diagram of the Poisk module
Interior of Poisk
Pavel Vinogradov looks out of a Poisk window at Alexander Misurkin on EVA. MIM-2 in Russian can be seen written in black script on the inside of the hatch.