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MRM1 “Rassvet” module is berthed to the ISS.
the new Russian mini research module "Rassvet” was docked to the ISS’s "Zarya”
module nadir docking port. The module was grabbed from the Atlantis payload bay
in the evening of May 17. Then on May 18, the module was handed over carefully
by SRMS to the ISS manipulator. The berthing to the Russian segment was
completed in about three hours, at .
above: The International Space Station's robotic arm moves the Russian
Mini-Research Module-1, named Rassvet, to its new position on the Russian
segment of the station. Photo NASA.
Cosmonauts Work Together to Install Russian Module. Shuttle Commander Ken Ham
and Pilot Tony Antonelli maneuvered the shuttle robotic arm to unberth the
module from Atlantis’ payload bay and positioned it for handoff to the station
robotic arm. Mission Specialists Garrett Reisman and Piers Sellers were at the
station arm controls to maneuver MRM-1 to its new position on the Russian
segment. Expedition 23 Commander Oleg Kotov monitored the activities from the
Russian segment as the MRM-1 engaged into its automated docking sequence for
the final attachment to the station.