Pirs docking compartment (ISS)

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Pirs provides the ISS with additional docking ports for Soyuz and Progress spacecraft, and allows egress and ingress for spacewalks by cosmonauts using Russian Orlan spacesuits, in addition to providing storage space for these spacesuits. Author/Origin: NASA Johnson Space Center http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/home/