Editing Mir (section)

===Pressurised modules===
In its completed configuration, the space station consisted of seven different modules, each launched into orbit separately over a period of ten years by either [[Proton-K]] rockets or {{OV|104}}.
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! Module
! Expedition
! Launch date
! Launch system
! style="width:100px;"| Nation
! style="width:82px;"| Isolated view
! style="width:82px;"| Station view
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| rowspan="2" | ''[[Mir Core Module]]''<br /><small>(Core Module)</small>
| N/A
| 19 February 1986
| [[Proton-K]]
| Soviet Union
| rowspan="2" | [[File:RP1357 p103 Mir base block.svg|80px]]
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Mir Core Module.JPG|center|40px]]
|- style="border-bottom: 3px solid gray"
| colspan="4" | The base block for the entire ''Mir'' complex, the core module, or DOS-7, provided the main living quarters for resident crews and contained environmental systems, early attitude<!--It's supposed to be ATTitude, meaning orientation – please don't change this to aLTitude.--> control systems and the station's main engines. The module was based on hardware developed as part of the [[Salyut program]]me, and consisted of a stepped-cylinder main compartment and a spherical 'node' module, which served as an airlock and provided ports to which four of the station's expansion modules were berthed and to which a Soyuz or Progress spacecraft could dock. The module's aft port served as the berthing location for [[Kvant-1|''Kvant''-1]].<ref name="MHH">{{cite book|url=http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Mir_Hardware_Heritage|title=Mir Hardware Heritage|author=David S. F. Portree|publisher=NASA|date=March 1995|access-date=8 July 2009|archive-date=15 July 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090715235246/http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Mir_Hardware_Heritage|url-status=live}}{{page needed|date=February 2021}}</ref>{{page needed|date=February 2021}}
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| rowspan="2" | [[Kvant-1|''Kvant''-1]]<br /><small>(Astrophysics Module)</small>
| [[Mir EO-2|EO-2]]
| 31 March 1987
| [[Proton-K]]
| Soviet Union
| rowspan="2" | [[File:RP1357 p162 Kvant module.svg|80px]]
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Mir-kvant.jpg|80px]]
|- style="border-bottom: 3px solid gray"
| colspan="4" | The first expansion module to be launched, ''Kvant''-1 consisted of two pressurised working compartments and one unpressurised experiment compartment. Scientific equipment included an [[X-ray telescope]], an [[Ultraviolet astronomy|ultraviolet telescope]], a wide-angle camera, high-energy X-ray experiments, an X-ray/gamma ray detector, and the Svetlana electrophoresis unit. The module also carried six [[Gyroscope|gyrodynes]] for attitude<!--It's supposed to be ATTitude, meaning orientation – please don't change this to aLTitude.--> control, in addition to life support systems including an [[Elektron (ISS)|Elektron]] oxygen generator and a [[ISS ECLSS#Vozdukh|Vozdukh]] carbon dioxide scrubber.<ref name="MHH"/>{{page needed|date=February 2021}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Kvant-2|''Kvant''-2]]<br /><small>(Augmentation Module)</small>
| [[Mir EO-5|EO-5]]
| 26 November 1989
| [[Proton-K]]
| Soviet Union
| rowspan="2" | [[File:RP1357 p164 Kvant 2 module.svg|80px]]
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Mir Kvant 1-Base Block-Kvant 2.jpg|80px]]
|- style="border-bottom: 3px solid gray"
| colspan="4" | The first [[TKS spacecraft|TKS]] based module, ''Kvant''-2, was divided into three compartments: an [[Extra-vehicular activity|EVA]] airlock, an instrument/cargo compartment (which could function as a backup airlock), and an instrument/experiment compartment. The module also carried a Soviet version of the [[Manned Maneuvering Unit]] for the [[Orlan space suit]], referred to as [[Astronaut Propulsion Unit#Soviet SPK|''Ikar'']], a system for regenerating water from urine, a shower, the ''Rodnik'' water storage system and six [[gyroscopes|gyrodynes]] to augment those already located in ''Kvant''-1. Scientific equipment included a high-resolution camera, spectrometers, X-ray sensors, the Volna 2 fluid flow experiment, and the Inkubator-2 unit, which was used for hatching and raising [[quail]].<ref name="MHH"/>{{page needed|date=February 2021}}
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| rowspan="2" | ''[[Kristall]]''<br /><small>(Technology Module)</small>
| [[Mir EO-6|EO-6]]
| 31 May 1990
| [[Proton-K]]
| Soviet Union
| rowspan="2" | [[File:RP1357 p166 Kristall module.svg|80px]]
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Mir from Soyuz TM-17.jpg|80px]]
|- style="border-bottom: 3px solid gray"
| colspan="4" | ''Kristall'', the fourth module, consisted of two main sections. The first was largely used for materials processing (via various processing furnaces), astronomical observations, and a biotechnology experiment utilising the Aniur electrophoresis unit. The second section was a docking compartment which featured two [[APAS-89]] [[Spacecraft docking|docking ports]] initially intended for use with the [[Buran programme|''Buran'' programme]] and eventually used during the [[Shuttle-Mir Program|Shuttle-''Mir'' programme]]. The docking compartment also contained the Priroda 5 camera used for Earth resources experiments. ''Kristall'' also carried six [[control moment gyroscope]]s (CMGs, or "gyrodynes") for attitude<!--It's supposed to be ATTitude, meaning orientation – please don't change this to aLTitude.--> control to augment those already on the station, and two collapsible solar arrays.<ref name="MHH"/>{{page needed|date=February 2021}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Spektr]]''<br /><small>(Power Module)</small>
| [[Mir EO-18|EO-18]]
| 20 May 1995
| [[Proton-K]]
| Russia
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Spektr module drawing.png|80px]]
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Mir from STS-74.jpg|80px]]
|- style="border-bottom: 3px solid gray"
| colspan="4" | ''Spektr'' was the first of the three modules launched during the Shuttle-''Mir'' programme; it served as the living quarters for American astronauts and housed [[NASA]]-sponsored experiments. The module was designed for remote observation of Earth's environment and contained atmospheric and surface research equipment. It featured four solar arrays which generated approximately half of the station's electrical power. The module also had a science airlock to expose experiments to the vacuum of space selectively. ''Spektr'' was rendered unusable following the collision with [[Progress M-34]] in 1997 which damaged the module, exposing it to the vacuum of space.<ref name="SSSM"/>{{page needed|date=February 2021}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Mir Docking Module|Docking Module]]
| [[Mir EO-20|EO-20]]
| 15 November 1995
| {{OV|104}}<br />([[STS-74]])
| US
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Mir Docking Module drawing.svg|80px]]
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Mir from STS-74PLB.jpg|80px]]
|- style="border-bottom: 3px solid gray"
| colspan="4" | The docking module was designed to help simplify [[Space Shuttle]] [[spacecraft docking|dockings]] to ''Mir''. Before the first shuttle docking mission ([[STS-71]]), the ''[[Kristall]]'' module had to be tediously moved to ensure sufficient clearance between ''Atlantis'' and ''Mir'''s solar arrays. With the addition of the docking module, enough clearance was provided without the need to relocate ''Kristall''. It had two identical [[APAS-89]] docking ports, one attached to the distal port of ''Kristall'' with the other available for shuttle docking.{{r|SSSM|p=247–249}}
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| rowspan="2" | ''[[Priroda]]''<br /><small>(Earth Sensing Module)</small>
| [[Mir EO-21|EO-21]]
| 26 April 1996
| [[Proton-K]]
| Russia
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Priroda module drawing.svg|80px]]
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Mir from STS-81.jpg|80px]]
|- style="border-bottom: 3px solid gray"
| colspan="4" | The seventh and final ''Mir'' module, ''Priroda'''s primary purpose was to conduct Earth resource experiments through remote sensing and to develop and verify remote sensing methods. The module's experiments were provided by twelve different nations, and covered microwave, visible, near infrared, and infrared spectral regions using both passive and active sounding methods. The module possessed both pressurised and unpressurised segments, and featured a large, externally mounted [[synthetic aperture radar]] dish.<ref name="SSSM"/>{{rp|251–253}}
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