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Acknowledgments:
Author
thanks Igor Puchkov and Igor Postnikov at NPO
Mashinostroenia, in Reutov, Russia, and Alain Chabot from
Université Sainte-Anne in Church Point, Nova Scotia,
Canada, for their help in preparing this section.
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The tail
section of the Almaz station, known as the transfer compartment or PO,
was crowded with an EVA hatch, a docking port, a propulsion system and
a deployment mechanism for small retrievable KSI capsules.
Two unfolding
solar panels with an effective area of 52 square meters were attached
to the sides of the PO section. The panels were capable of producing 3,120
Watts of electrical power, and unlike those on the first Salyut space
station, were capable of rotating thus allowing the best exposure to the
sun, while the station maintained its attitude toward the Earth surface.
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PICTURE
GALLERY
The tail
section of the Almaz station was crowded with an EVA hatch (not visisble),
a docking port, a propulsion system, a release mechanism for small capsules
(bottom) and last but not least, two unfolding solar panels. Copyright
© 2002 by Anatoly Zak
An
interior view of the EVA hatch of the Almaz station. Copyright ©
2002 by Anatoly Zak
An
interior view of the rear docking port of the Almaz station. Copyright
© 2002 by Anatoly Zak
An
airlock and a loading mechanism for jettisoning small capsules with film
from Almaz. Copyright © 2002 by Anatoly Zak
The
toilet onboard Almaz. Copyright © 2002 by Anatoly Zak
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