Space Vehicle Profiles: Mir
The Soviet space station Mir consisted of six modules, the core module, Kvant 1, Kvant 2, Kristall, Specktr and Priroda.
The core module was launched on 20 February 1986, Kvant 1 in March 1987, Kvant 2 in November 1989, Kristall in May 1990, while Spektr was launched five years later in May 1995 and Priroda in April 1996 and when completed Mir’s mass was around 140,000kg (308,000lb).
The space station was resupplied using Khrunichev Space Center Progress vehicles and crew were transported back and forth using Energia Soyuz TM spacecraft.
According to the European Space Agency 105 cosmonauts, including 82 non-Russians of 11 nationalities, flew on Mir between 1988 and 1999. Among these were western European astronauts Jean-Loup Chretien (1988 France), Helen Sharman (1991 UK) and Jean-Pierre Haigneré (1993 France and 1999 France/ESA).
