page_title: Mir Docking Module
hierarchical_section_title: Mir Docking Module
caption_attribution_description: English: Space Shuttle Atlantis - A view of the new en:Mir Docking Module, positioned in Atlantis 's payload bay on en:STS-74, ready to be docked to the Space Station. Image has been cropped from original.
context_page_description: The Stykovochnyy Otsek, GRAU index 316GK, otherwise known as the Mir docking module or SO, was the sixth module of the Russian space station Mir, launched in November 1995 aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis. The module, built by RKK Energia, was designed to help simplify space shuttle dockings to Mir during the Shuttle-Mir programme, preventing the need for the periodic relocation of the Kristall module necessary for dockings prior to the compartment's arrival. The module was also used to transport two new photovoltaic arrays to the station, as a mounting point for external experiments, and as a storage module when not in use for dockings.
context_section_description: The Stykovochnyy Otsek (Russian: стыковочный отсек, English: Docking compartment), GRAU index 316GK, otherwise known as the Mir docking module or SO, was the sixth module of the Russian space station Mir, launched in November 1995 aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis. The module, built by RKK Energia, was designed to help simplify space shuttle dockings to Mir during the Shuttle-Mir programme, preventing the need for the periodic relocation of the Kristall module necessary for dockings prior to the compartment's arrival. The module was also used to transport two new photovoltaic arrays to the station, as a mounting point for external experiments, and as a storage module when not in use for dockings.
caption: The docking module seen in the payload bay of the Space Shuttle Atlantis on STS-74, prior to docking with Mir.
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