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A Russian Soyuz rocket has launched carrying a new docking compartment for the International Space Station (ISS).
The eight-tonne Mini Research Module-2 (MIM-2) will act as an additional docking port for spacecraft and an airlock for spacewalks.

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This video shows the rollout of the Russian Soyuz-U rocket with the Progress M-MIM 2 spacecraft that will deliver a new module to the ISS called Poisk. Poisk MRM-2 will serve as an airlock for the Russian segment.

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A Russian Soyuz rocket is scheduled to launch the Mini Research Module 2, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, at 14:22 GMT, 10th November, 2009.
The flight will deliver 1,800 pounds of cargo to the International Space Station.
The 8-ton Mini Research Module-2, known as "Poisk," which means "explore" in Russian, is a new docking compartment for the station.
Russian module is scheduled to automatically dock to the station's Zvezda Service Module at 9:44 a.m. CST Nov. 12

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