Rassvet (ISS module)

Rassvet

Rassvet as seen from the Cupola module during STS-132 with a Progress in the lower right
Module statistics
COSPAR ID	2010-079A
Launch date	14 May 2010, 18:20:09 UTC
Launch vehicle	Space Shuttle Atlantis
Docked	18 May 2010; 14 years ago (18 May 2010)
Mass	Empty: 5,075 kg Launch: 8,015 kg
Length	6 m
Diameter	2.35 m
Pressurised volume	Total: 17.4 m3 Pressurised: 5.85m3[1]

Rassvet (Russian: Рассвет; lit. "first light"), also known as the Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM-1; Russian: Малый исследовательский модуль, МИМ 1) and formerly known as the Docking Cargo Module (DCM), is a component of the International Space Station (ISS). The module's design is similar to the Mir Docking Module launched on STS-74 in 1995. Rassvet is primarily used for cargo storage and as a docking port for visiting spacecraft. It was flown to the ISS aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis on the STS-132 mission on 14 May 2010,^[2] and was connected to the ISS on 18 May 2010.^[3] The hatch connecting Rassvet with the ISS was first opened on 20 May 2010.^[4] On 28 June 2010, the Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft performed the first docking with the module.^[5]