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The APAS port on the Shuttle-Mir Orbiter Docking System was mechanically identical to the Kristall APAS specification but was modified for the shuttle’s electrical and control system.
The Mir Docking Module was built to let the shuttle dock to Mir without re-docking Kristall for every mission.
Energia product code 008-09 was assigned to the -6001 APDA, and the Mir-era APAS units on Kristall carried Energia part number 008-01.
Kristall’s APAS-89 assemblies used NPO Energia part number 008-01.
Kristall’s APAS units lacked the two circular rubber gaskets on the hard docking collar and relied on the visiting spacecraft for the hermetic seal.
The first two APAS-89 assemblies to fly in space were installed on the Mir station’s Kristall module.
Commander Sergey Kud Sverchkov set up the Plasma Kristall 4 investigation in the Columbus laboratory module.
Sergey Kud Sverchkov switched the Plasma Kristall 4 experiment from neon to argon gas to configure the facility for studies of complex plasmas.
Plasma Kristall 4 investigations using argon gas are configured to explore the behavior of complex plasmas that can aid spacecraft design, shed light on how planets form, and contribute to fundamental physics.