Mir Space Station

Mir soviet russian modular space station the core module base block of which was launched into earth orbit by the u s s r.

Mir space station. It outlasted the soviet union that launched it into space. Mir space station scale model kit kit assembly required 12 95. Over the next decade additional modules were sent aloft on separate launch vehicles and attached to the core unit creating a large habitat that served as a versatile space laboratory for more than 14 years. The russian space station mir endured 15 years in orbit three times its planned lifetime.

The space station mir became a legend in its own time reflecting russia s past space glories and her future as a leader in space. The mir space station was russia s greatest space station and the first modular space station to be assembled in orbit. At the time it was the largest artificial satellite in orbit succeeded by the international space station iss after mir s orbit decayed. Commissioned in 1986 the name can be translated from russian as peace.

Mir was a space station that operated for more than 15 years in low earth orbit. Inair e z build space station mir model kit 3 2 out of 5 stars 10. Large expansion modules launched on proton rockets were periodically added to the station. New ray nasa space adventure child plastic toy model kit space station white 3 6 out of 5 stars 17.

View larger version the mir base module was launched on 20 february 1986. It had a greater mass than any previous spacecraft. The design was conceived under the soviet union and the station continued work under russia after the union fell. Scientists used the mir space station as a planetary observatory in space and also used space technology such as satellites remote sensing and space photography to make detailed assessments of the earth s.