Mir-2
Sign in to save'''Mir-2' was a Soviet space station project which began in February 1976. Some of the modules built for Mir-2 have been incorporated into the International Space Station (ISS). The project underwent many changes, but was always based on the DOS-8 base block space station core module, built as a back-up to the DOS-7 base block used in the Mir station. The DOS-8 base block was eventually used as the Zvezda'' module of the ISS. Its design lineage extends back to the original Salyut stations.
Key facts
- Space station.station
- Mir-2
- Space station.station_image
- Mir-2 concept.jpg
- Space station.station_image_caption
- One concept of Mir-2
- Space station.crew
- 2-3, up to 6 (two longstay typical)
- Space station.status
- Canceled, project converted into International Space Station
- Space station.mass
- 90,000 kg
- Space station.length
- 59.3 m
- Space station.width
- 36.2 m
- Space station.height
- 17.7 m
- Space station.inclination
- 64.8 deg
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Project history
- The evolution of the ''Mir''-2 project
- 1981 to 1987: KB Salyut Mir-2
- December 14, 1987: NPO Energia Mir-2
- 1991: "Mir-1.5"
- 1992: "Mir-2"
- November 1993: International Space Station built around Mir-2
- See also
- References
- External links
'''Mir-2' was a Soviet space station project which began in February 1976. Some of the modules built for Mir-2 have been incorporated into the International Space Station (ISS). The project underwent many changes, but was always based on the DOS-8 base block space station core module, built as a back-up to the DOS-7 base block used in the Mir station. The DOS-8 base block was eventually used as the Zvezda module of the ISS. Its design lineage extends back to the original Salyut stations.
==Project history==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mir-2” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.