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Zvezda Launch

The Zvezda Service Module, onboard a Russian Proton Rocket, soars high above the launch tower at 12:56 a.m. (EDT) July 12, 2000 from Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome. The stack lifted off from pad 23 at launch complex 81. Zvezda will orbit Earth for two weeks as flight controllers prepared for its rendezvous and docking with the International Space Station, on July 25, 2000. Once docked, Zvezda became the third major component of the station, joining Node 1 or Unity and the Functional Cargo Block (FGB) or Zarya.

 

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Image Number: JSC2000-E-18579

Date: July 12, 2000

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