Station module · International Space Station
Pirs
Also known as DC-1
Human spaceflightLaunched 2001-09-14
Overview
Pirs was a Russian docking compartment and airlock; it was undocked and deorbited in 2021 to make room for the Nauka module.
Knowledge connections
- Part of stationInternational Space Station
- Operated byRoscosmos
- Built byRoscosmos
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- RoscosmosState Space Corporation Roscosmos
Russian crewed and robotic spaceflight history and programs.