{"id":359946,"date":"2023-06-20T09:52:23","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T13:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=topic&p=359946"},"modified":"2023-09-27T16:00:58","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T20:00:58","slug":"pirs-docking-compartment","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/international-space-station\/pirs-docking-compartment\/","title":{"rendered":"Pirs Docking Compartment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\" hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-secondary-navigation\"><div class=\"hds-secondary-navigation-wrapper z-top width-100 padding-0\"><div id=\"\" class=\"hds-secondary-navigation width-full border-bottom-1px text-center hds-color-mode-dark hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-hdsnav\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"hds-secondary-nav-mobile-button display-flex tablet:display-flex desktop:display-none width-full flex-align-center bg-carbon-90 border-color-carbon-80 color-spacesuit-white\" 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href=\"https:\/\/blogs.nasa.gov\/spacestation\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Station Blogs<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-full maxw-full width-full padding-0 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-page-intro\">\n\t<div class=\"padding-0 bg-spacesuit-white wp-block-nasa-blocks-page-intro\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-container grid-container-block flex-align-center padding-y-8 padding-bottom-4 desktop:padding-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 padding-right-0 desktop:padding-right-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"page-heading-lg\">Pirs Docking Compartment<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-lg padding-0\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 padding-left-0 desktop:padding-left-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page-intro-quick-facts border-top-1px border-color-carbon-30-important padding-top-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"label margin-top-0 margin-bottom-2 color-carbon-50-important\">Quick Facts<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-carousel-wrapper hds-carousel-wrapper-relative\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quick-facts-slider margin-bottom-1 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quick-facts-slide\" data-slide-id=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-10 padding-right-2 desktop:padding-right-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md padding-0 margin-0\">Pirs arrived at the orbital outpost attached to a modified Progress spacecraft for an automated docking to the Zvezda service module’s Earth-facing port on Sept. 16, 2001.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-2 display-flex flex-justify-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quick-facts-slider-image radius-pill\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" 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flex-align-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-10 padding-right-2 desktop:padding-right-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md padding-0 margin-0\">Pirs has hosted numerous docked Soyuz crew ships and Progress cargo craft during its near 20-year stay at the orbital lab.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-2 display-flex flex-justify-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quick-facts-slider-image radius-pill\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/iss057e131572.jpg?w=1024\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Pirs has hosted numerous docked Soyuz crew ships and Progress cargo craft during its near 20-year stay at the orbital lab.\" style=\"transform: scale(2); transform-origin: 27% 75%; object-position: 27% 75%; object-fit: cover;\" 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https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/iss057e131572.jpg?resize=2000,1333 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>      \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quick-facts-slide\" data-slide-id=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-10 padding-right-2 desktop:padding-right-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md padding-0 margin-0\">Pirs was detached from the orbital outpost on July 26, 2021, to make way for new science and docking modules.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-2 display-flex flex-justify-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quick-facts-slider-image radius-pill\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" 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Truss<\/a><\/li><li class=\"usa-nav__submenu-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/international-space-station\/international-space-station-assembly-elements\/#s0\">Starboard-0 (S0) Truss<\/a><\/li><li class=\"usa-nav__submenu-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/international-space-station\/international-space-station-assembly-elements\/#s1\">S1 Truss<\/a><\/li><li class=\"usa-nav__submenu-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/international-space-station\/international-space-station-assembly-elements\/#p1\">P1 Truss<\/a><\/li><li class=\"usa-nav__submenu-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/international-space-station\/international-space-station-assembly-elements\/#p3\">P3\/P4 Truss<\/a><\/li><li class=\"usa-nav__submenu-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" target=\"_self\" 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href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/international-space-station\/international-space-station-assembly-elements\/#irosa2b\">Roll-Out Solar Arrays 2B\/4B<\/a><\/li><li class=\"usa-nav__submenu-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/international-space-station\/international-space-station-assembly-elements\/#irosa3a\">Roll-Out Solar Arrays 3A\/4A<\/a><\/li><li class=\"usa-nav__submenu-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/international-space-station\/international-space-station-assembly-elements\/#irosa1a\">Roll-Out Solar Arrays 1A\/1B<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pirs-iss065e085418.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pirs-iss065e085418.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"The Pirs docking compartment, with the ISS Progress 77 cargo craft docked to it, is pictured attached to Earth-facing port of the International Space Station's Zarya service module.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pirs-iss065e085418.jpg 5568w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pirs-iss065e085418.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pirs-iss065e085418.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, 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ISS Progress 77 cargo craft docked to it, is pictured attached to Earth-facing port of the International Space Station’s Zarya service module.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA\/Roscosmos<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Pirs Docking Compartment, also known as DC-1, is a Russian Module on the International Space Station. Pirs provides an airlock for cosmonaut spacewalks. It also serves as a docking port for transport and cargo vehicles to the Space Station. In addition, Pirs can transport fuel between the Zvezda or Zarya modules and docked vehicles such as a Soyuz or Progress spacecraft.<br><br><strong>Mass:<\/strong> 8,461 pounds<br><strong>Length:<\/strong> 16 feet<br><strong>Diameter:<\/strong> 8.4 feet<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:51px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mission Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>Launch:<\/strong> 9\/14\/01<br><strong>Installation:<\/strong> 9\/16\/01<br><strong>Assembly Mission:<\/strong> 4R<br><strong>Launch Vehicle:<\/strong> Progress M-SO1<br><strong>Crew on station:<\/strong> Expedition 3<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-topic-cards nasa-gb-align-full maxw-full width-full padding-y-6 padding-x-3 color-mode-dark hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-topic-cards\">\t\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block-lg padding-x-0\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-center margin-bottom-3\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"desktop:grid-col-8 margin-bottom-2 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"label color-carbon-60 margin-bottom-2\">Keep Exploring<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"heading-36 line-height-sm\">More Humans in Space Topics<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-gap-2 hds-topic-cards-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/international-space-station\/space-station-research-and-technology\/\" class=\"mobile:grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-6 desktop:grid-col-3 topic-card margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-topic-card hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"skrim-overlay skrim-overlay-dark skrim-left mobile-skrim-top padding-3 display-flex flex-align-end flex-justify-start z-200\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"hds-topic-card-heading heading-29 color-spacesuit-white line-height-sm margin-top-0 margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Space Station Research and Technology<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"color-nasa-red\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/iss064e015250.jpg?w=1024\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); 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