[DOC] [TLE] Part 3 Space Station Modules - NASA Human Space Flight [PAR] end to form a TKS; thus, this is a front view of the conical Merkur capsule (left), 
and ... spacecraft, and launcher would all be ... spaceflight activity at NPO 
Energia. ... systems after the last crew left the .... of the FGB had already been 
tested on Salyuts 2, 3, and 5. ... docked with the forward port of the vacant Salyut 
7 station. [DOC] [TLE] Mir Space Station - NASA History Homepage [PAR] The Russian Space Station Mir endured 15 years in orbit, three times its planned 
lifetime. ... NASA-4 Mir Astronaut Jerry Linenger compared Mir to "six school 
buses all ... the Base Block, the two Kvant modules, a Soyuz, and a Progress 
spacecraft. ..... It had a radial docking port, originally designed as a means of 
docking the... [DOC] [TLE] Part 2 Almaz, Salyut, and Mir - NASA Human Space Flight [PAR] Part 2. Almaz, Salyut, and Mir. 2.1 Overview. Figure 2-1 is a space station ... ports 
for four Soyuz spacecraft.2, 3 ... generation stations each had only a ... Manned 
spaceflight activities .... sections, linked by a 1.2-m-long .... Ferry descent module 
without assistance at the end of their flight. ... It was the last of four DOS-type. [DOC] [TLE] Salyut 7 - Wikipedia [PAR] Salyut 7 (aka DOS-6) was a space station in low Earth orbit from April 1982 to 
February 1991. It was first manned in May 1982 with two crew via Soyuz T-5, and 
last visited ... It had two docking ports, one on either end of the station, to allow 
docking with ... All Soviet and Russian space stations were equipped with 
automatic... [DOC] [TLE] Mir - Wikipedia [PAR] Mir was a space station that operated in low Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001, run by 
the Soviet Union and later by Russia. Mir was the first modular space station and 
was assembled in orbit from 1986 to 1996. It had a greater mass than any 
previous spacecraft. ... Four Salyut space stations had been launched since 1971
, with three more... [DOC] [TLE] Salyut-8 - BattleTechWiki - Sarna.net [PAR] Aug 10, 2015 ... Salyut-8 ("Salute-8") was the last of a series of space stations ... 1970s, carried 
two cosmonauts, who arrived via capsule-type Soyuz spacecraft. ... vehicle, 
remaining docked to the station's single port for the duration of the mission. ... 
Docking collars at each end of the module allowed link-up with the small... [DOC] [TLE] Spacestations - Mir - Rocket and Space Technology [PAR] Kvant 2: (1989) Also known as Module D. Mir's first radial module. ... Based on 
Salyut technology, the station had no fewer than six docking ports with ... for 
visiting spacecraft and four disposed radially at 90 degrees to each other for the 
... Through the end of 1996 Mir had been visited by 24 manned Soyuz vehicles (
plus one... [DOC] [TLE] Salyut | Soviet space station series | Britannica.com [PAR] Salyut, any of a series of Soviet space stations (of two designs), launched 
between 1971 ... Soyuz T-5 spacecraft (foreground) docked with the Salyut 7 
space station, ... It weighed 20 metric tons, had a single docking port, and took 
the form of a ... Docking ports on both ends allowed crews on long-duration 
missions to be... [DOC] [TLE] NASA Facts - Texas Space Grant Consortium [PAR] The first U.S. space station, Skylab, seen as its final mission approached in 1974 
... where the ideas of Oberth and Noordung had great influence. ... 1968, NASA 
first called such a spacecraft a space shuttle. ... carrying crews and cargo to and 
from Salyut stations and .... ships dock at two axial docking ports, fore and aft. [DOC] [TLE] Soyuz T-3 Spacecraft Series - GlobalSecurity.org [PAR] The last flight of 1980 was a 2-week demonstration of the capability of Soyuz T to 
... Progress 11 had remained docked with the space station after Popov and ... 
Since Progress occupied the aft docking port, this

Question: The last 2 Salyut stations had a port on each end for this spacecraft-linking activity
Answer: docking