Hello! The Kristall scientific module is part of the MIR space station. Assembled with an androgynous docking port and a new docking adapter carried by the STS-74 mission... Here is the actual configuration of the russian MIR space station: 16609.SAT MIR complex: exCCCP/Russian space station - 120 tons ___ / \ Shuttle Docking port / \ I I I I I I Docking adapter (NEW!) \ / \ _/ Docking gear / \ attitude motor / \ control I I O I I KRISTALL (!!!!!) \ I I module \ I I \ docking n I_ _I \ o \ / _____ __\______ d I I I \_/ \________ e \_/ _ _____/I I \__ / \ / \/ I SOYOUZ I __ + I I spacecraft I _ _______ / \ _ / \ _ / \_____ I I ___ / \_________ / / \ \I I I KVANT 1 Domestic/Command I I module area I I (main module) I I KVANT 2 I I module I I \__ __/ \/ EVA hatch All the Best: Ivan ivan@ha5ts.ampr.org