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OCR: CONSTRUCTION Kvant 2 SINCE 1986, FOUR new modules, each holding equipment for experiments and observations, have docked with the main Mir module. In Multiple 1987, the Kvant module took up docking telescopes; in 1989, Kvant 2 provided adapter an airlock for space walks; and in 1990, Kristall brought equipment for materials research and an extra Kvant docking port. In 1995, Spektr brought US medical equipment Spektr for research into weightlessness. Kristall MIR MODULES The multiple docking adapter on the main Mir module has allowed the station to grow while in space. FACT FILE