Zvezda the Service Module

07-21-10

The three stage Proton launched Zvezda module Service Module is the Cornerstone of Russian International Space Station Modules. The Service Module is the first fully Russian contribution to the International Space Station and has served as the early cornerstone for the first human habitation of the station. It was launched unpiloted on July 11, 2000 as the third station component to reach orbit, docking by remote control with the already orbiting Zarya control module and Unity connecting module at an altitude of about 250 statute miles. The 42,000-pound module, similar in layout to the core module of Russia’s Mir Space Station, has provide the early station living quarters; life support system; electrical power distribution; data processing system; flight control system; and propulsion system. It also provides a communications system that includes remote command capabilities from ground flight controllers.

Russian ISS Segement Development Credit NASA & Roskosmos

Russian ISS Segement Development Credit NASA