Author Topic: MIR Space Station -- opens the curtain for the ISS (Read 560 times)

Neil Obstat · « **on:** February 23, 2018, 03:53:16 PM »

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Of course, flat-earthers are wont to bemoan the non-existence of the Mir Space Station.
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A view of the US Space Shuttle Atlantis and the Russian Space Station Mir
during STS-71 as seen by the crew of Mir EO-19 in Soyuz TM-21.
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Mir is also famous for hosting long-duration missions during its early years in space. Topping the list was Russian cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov, who spent nearly 438 days aboard Mir and landed on March 22, 1995. The station itself orbited the Earth more than 86,000 times during its lifespan, and was also the largest orbiting object in the Solar System.
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But most importantly of all, Mir served as the stage for the first large-scale, technical partnership between Russia and the United States after a half-century of mutual antagonism. Without it, there would be no ISS today, and numerous joint-research efforts between NASA, the ESA, Russia, and other federal space agencies, would not have been possible.
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The Mir space station in orbit, photographed by Atlantis STS-71 in 1995.
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The Mir Space Station was Russia's greatest space station, and the first modular space station to be assembled in orbit. Commissioned in 1986, the name can be translated from Russian as "peace", "world", and even "village" – alluding to the spirit of international cooperation that led to its creation. Owned and operated by the Soviet Union, it became the property of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) after 1991.
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The space station was intended to advocate world peace and hosted international scientists and NASA astronauts. In this respect, Mir was very much the curtain-raiser for the International Space Station, which succeeded it as the largest satellite in Earth's orbit after 2001.
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Origin:
During the 1960s and 70s, when the United States was largely focused on Apollo and the Space Shuttle program, Russia began to focus on developing expertise in long-duration spaceflight, and felt that a larger space station would allow for more research in that area. Authorized in February 1976 by a government decree, the station was originally intended to be an improved model of the Salyut space stations.
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The original plan called for a core module that would be equipped with a total of four docking ports, but eventual grew to include several ports for crewed Soyuz spacecraft and Progress cargo spaceships. By August 1978, the plan had grown to the final configuration of one aft port and five ports in a spherical compartment at the forward end of the station.
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Two would be located at either end of the station (as with the Salyut stations) with an additional two on either side of a docking sphere at the front of the station to enable further modules to expand the station's capabilities. These docking ports would each accommodate 20-tonne space station modules based on the TKS spacecraft – a previous generation of space craft used to bring cosmonauts and supplies to the Salyut space stations.
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Work began on the station in 1979, and drawings were released in 1982 and 83. By early 1984, work had ground to a halt as virtually all of Russia's space resources were being put into the Buran program – a Soviet and later Russian reusable spacecraft project. Funding resumed in early 1984 when the Central Committee became determined to orbit Mir by early 1986, just in time for the 27th Communist Party Congress.
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The Mir Space Station and Earth limb observed from the Orbiter Endeavour during NASA’s STS-89 mission in 1998.

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Soviet/Russian space station Mir, after completion in 1996. The date shown for each module is its year of launch. Credit: Encyclopedia Britannica

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Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2015-06-mir-space-station.html#jCp

Neil Obstat · « **Reply #1 on:** February 23, 2018, 03:54:46 PM »

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Young boys with the desire to dream could build the Revell model of Mir
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Ladislaus · « **Reply #2 on:** February 25, 2018, 12:26:11 PM »

Quote from: Neil Obstat on February 23, 2018, 03:54:46 PM

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Young boys with the desire to dream could build the Revell model of Mir
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That looks fun. I always enjoyed models like this as a kid.

I'm guess, though, that instead of 1:144 scale, it's more like 1:12 ... since the "real" one that they have in the studio is much smaller.

Just couldn't help myself.

Neil Obstat · « **Reply #3 on:** February 25, 2018, 08:51:19 PM »

Quote from: Ladislaus on February 25, 2018, 12:26:11 PM

That looks fun. I always enjoyed models like this as a kid.

I'm guess, though, that instead of 1:144 scale, it's more like 1:12 ... since the "real" one that they have in the studio is much smaller. Just couldn't help myself.

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You ought to contact Revell immediately! Or else sue them for false advertising!
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(But I would caution you against accusing them that Mir was "fake")

kiwiboy · « **Reply #4 on:** February 26, 2018, 03:38:15 AM »

Neil demonstrating excellent copy and paste skills...

Neil Obstat · « **Reply #5 on:** February 26, 2018, 07:05:39 PM »

Quote from: kiwiboy on February 26, 2018, 03:38:15 AM

Neil demonstrating excellent copy and paste skills...

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Gee, it's so nice to be appreciated for excellence.

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