POISK MRM-2 Module

07-21-10

Poisk (Quest) MRM-2 mini research module launched on Soyuz booster on November 10, 2009 was placed above the PIRS module on ISS facing space docked to the Zvezda earth facing front multiple docking port. It serves both as a docking port and EVA airlock capable module. It mass at launch was Mass 3,600 kilograms with a cargo of 754 kilograms with an internal volume of 12.5 meters cubed. Poisk measures 2.55 meters in diameter with a length of 4 meters.

Russian Poisk ISS Segement Development Credit Roskosmos

llustration of Poisk, one of the Russian built module of the International Space Station Credit: NASA

Russian ISS Segement Development Credit NASA & Roskosmos

Russian ISS Segement Development Credit NASA