Provider: Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Mission
Type: Human Exploration
Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Pad: 81/23 (81L), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Mission Description
Priroda was the last of the scheduled five Russian modules of the Mir space station complex and was launched from the Baykonur cosmodrome by a Proton-K rocket to dock after 3 days rather than the usual 9 days. The launch itself was 3 days earlier than the planned date in order to facilitate an American microbiology program.
