Proton-K
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Proton-K, was a Russian, previously Soviet, carrier rocket derived from the earlier Proton. It was built by Khrunichev, and launched from sites 81/23, 81/24, 200/39 and 200/40 at the Baikonur Cosmodro
Launch of a Proton-K carrying the Zvezda module of the International Space Station
The early Proton-K launch configurations from 1965 to 1971
Zvezda (ISS module)
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Zvezda, also known as the Zvezda Service Module, is a module of the International Space Station. It was the third module launched to the station, and provided all of the station's life support systems
Proton-K
…LKS spaceplane. From 1986, the rocket launched six of the seven modules of Mir, the first modular space station, and from 1998, launched the Zarya and Zvezda modules of the International Space Station's Russian Orbital Segment. It was retired from service in favour of the modernised Proton-M, making its 310th…
Zvezda as seen by Space Shuttle Atlantis during STS-106
On-orbit configuration of the Zvezda service module
Zvezda heads into orbit aboard a Proton launch vehicle on 12 July 2000.
Expedition 43 crew celebrate a birthday in Zvezda module, 2015.