00:00On this day in space.
00:04On May 31, 1990, the Soviet Union launched a new module to the Mir space station.
00:09The new component was named Crystal, and it was the third edition sent to Mir since the core module launched in 1986.
00:15Including the core module, Mir consisted of seven different modules.
00:19Each of them launched individually on Russian Proton rockets, with the exception of one that went up on the space shuttle Atlantis in 1995.
00:26Mir was the world's first modular space station to be assembled in orbit.
00:30Crystal was 45 feet long and weighed about 20 tons.
00:33The module consisted of two main sections.
00:36One section was dedicated to experiments with material science and biotechnology, as well as astronomical observations.
00:42The other section was used as a docking compartment that would allow American space shuttles to visit the station.
00:47Crystal lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, and docked with Mir ten days later.
00:53And that's what happened, on this day in space.
00:56And that's what happened, on this day in space.
01:00the second section was covered by the
01:04main section was known as the 18th century.
01:07That was one of the main features of the
01:16Monument at the beach.
01:18And that's what happened.
01:19And that was one of the main features that
01:22of the world's largest human presence.
01:25The world remains red and bright.
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