New Russian docking compartment added to Space Station
The International Space Station has a new entryway now that a Russian-built docking compartment has been added to the station. Pirs ("pier"), as the 16-foot, 8,000 pound module is named, docked automatically to a port on the Zvezda service module Sept. 16, as the station orbited 250 miles over...
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