Further Usage
The TKS design, which has never been flown manned, has gone on to provide the basic structure for several space future space station components, such as:
- Kvant-1 tug
- Kvant-2 Mir module
- Kristall Mir module
- Spektr Mir module
- Priroda Mir module
- Polyus (FGB) spacecraft
- Zarya (FGB-1) ISS module
- Russian Research Module (FGB-2) ISS module
- Multipurpose Laboratory Module (FGB-2) ISS module
TKS/Almaz VA capsules are presently being modernized for commercial use, by the private spaceflight company, Excalibur Almaz.
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