TKS-VA

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The TKS-VA is a Soviet spacecraft originally designed for both crew/cargo missions to military Almaz space stations. It was never used in its intended purpose, though it became the basis of subsequent Russian space station modules for Mir and the ISS.

Cosmos 929

TKS-VA
(1977-Present)
Mission Start End
VA (Mission 1) 1976-Dec-15
Cosmos 881 and 882
Cosmos 929 (TKS-1) 1977-Jul-171978-Feb-2
VA (Mission 2) 1977-Aug-4
Both VAs are destroyed in a launch failure
VA (Mission 3) 1978-Mar-30
Cosmos 997 and 998
VA (Mission 4) 1979-May-23
Cosmos 1100 and 1101
Cosmos 1267 (TKS-2) 1981-Apr-251982-Jul-29
Cosmos 1443 (TKS-3) 1983-Mar-21983-Sept-19
Cosmos 1686 (TKS-4) 1985-Sept-271991-Feb-7
Mir (Kvant-1) 1987-Mar-312001-Mar-23
Mir (Kvant-2) 1989-Nov-26
Mir (Kristall) 1990-May-31
Mir (Spektr) 1995-May-20
Mir (Priroda) 1996-Apr-23
ISS (Zarya) 1998-Nov-20(Active)
ISS (Nauka) 2021-Jul-21

Cosmos 1267

Cosmos 1686

Cosmos 881 and 882

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