View source for File:Mir Core Module.JPG

== Summary==
{{Non-free use rationale
| Description       = Photo of the [[Mir Core Module|core module]] of the Soviet/Russian [[space station]] ''[[Mir]]'' taken on 15 March 1986 by the crew of [[Soyuz T-15]].
| Source            = [http://www.space.com/images/v_mir_core_bg_03.jpg]
| Article           = Mir
| Portion           = Whole of image, to show the complete module.
| Low_resolution    = Yes
| Purpose           = To show the initial configuration of the ''Mir'' complex, as well as its first module and the initial configuration of that module upon launch.
| Replaceability    = No - all images of the core module alone were taken by Soviet spacecraft, with the copyright on the photographs retained by the current Russian government. The image cannot be retaken as the station was deorbited in its entirety in 2001. 
| other_information = 
}}

== Licensing ==
{{Non-free historic image|image has rationale=yes}}
{{RetouchedPicture|Crop to remove caption on original image.}}


[[Category:Mir]]