DOCKING COMPARTMENT DOCKS

Russia added another pressurized module to the five already in orbit on the International Space Station with the automatic docking Sept. 16 of the Russia Pirs (Pier) docking compartment to the nadir port of the Zvezda service module. The rendezvous (shown in an image snapped by the ISS crew) and...

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