Priroda was the last of the scheduled five Russian modules of the Mir space station complex and was launched from the Baykonur cosmodrome by a Proton-K rocket to dock after 3 days rather than the usual 9 days. The launch itself was 3 days earlier than the planned date in order to facilitate an American microbiology program.

Mission type: Human Exploration · Orbit: Low Earth Orbit

Rocket: Proton · Provider: Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center