PROJECT 93-194-P

CIA-STARGATE

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This document is a tasking sheet from the CIA's Stargate program. The task at hand is Project Number 93-194-P, with a deadline of April 15, 1993 at 12:00 PM. The method or technique to be used is the "method of choice", and there is no background information provided. The essential elements of information requested include describing the target and providing sketches to support the findings. Optional coordinates are also given as 846127/477491.

The second part of the document provides information about a space colony known as Mir. Mir is a Soviet station launched in 1986, and it has improved control and operations systems, expanded crew space, and a docking adapter with five ports. There are four crafts already in use that dock at the station, including a Soyuz "TM space taxi" and a large module that can house experiments. There is also a Progress freighter at the back of the station. The document mentions specific cosmonauts who have been to Mir, Vladimir Solovyev and Leonid Kizim.

Overall, this document provides a tasking sheet for a project related to a space colony called Mir.

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Body:  Approved For Release 2001/03/07 :CIA-RDP96-007898003900850002-5
 TASKING SHEET
 SOURCE NO:~
 DATE?  14 APR 93
 SUSPENSE: 15 APR 93
 _1200 hrs_
 1.  PROJECT NUMBER:  93-194-P
 2.  METHOD/TECHNIQUE:   Method of choice.
 3.  BACKGROUND:
 None
 4.  ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF INFORMATION:
 ----Describe the target.
 ----Provide sketches in support of your findings.
 ----Optional Coordinates:  846127/477491.
 Approved For Release 2001/03/07 :CIA-RDP96-007898003900850002-5
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 CORE OF A
 SPACE COLONY
 Mankind's permanence in space may
 hegia with the Soviet station Mir,
 Russian for- "peace." Launched February
 I9t36, Salyut-size Mir boasts improved
 control and operations systems,
 expanded crew space and-
 rnost significantly-a forward   '}?"`'
 docfzing adapter eyuipped
 with five ports.
 I Ierc, four craft  all
 already in use-deploy at the station.
 A ,Soyuz "TM space taxi has docked
 vert icaliy. A second TM departs the
 Jonvnrd port as a crew member inspects
 the docking seals. Flying in formation,
 lower-, is a Iarge module, nearly the size
 of Mir itself. Equipped for manned and
 umnanned operation, it could house
 experiments for astronomy, materials
 processing, or horticulture; periodically
 it will loch with Mir. At the station's
 stern rides a Pr-ogress freighter.
 Inside Mir- a cosmonaut monitors the
 control station while another floats
 toward his compartment with sleeping
 cocoon cold porthole-gracious living by
 space standards. A treadmill for jogging
 stands at the cosmonaut's left.
 first to occupy the station (left),
 Vladimir Soiovycv and Leonid Kizim,
 at night, return iastJuiyaftera
 125-day mission to Mir
 and Salyut 7.
 Approved
 2001/03/07: CFA-F~P9'
 Approved For Release 2001/03/07 :CIA-RDP96-007898003900850002-5
 TASKING SHEET
 SOURCE NO?
 DATE?  14 APR 93
 SUSPENSE: 15 APR 93
 _1200 hrs_
 2.  METHOD/TECHNIQUE:   Method of choice.
 3.  BACKGROUND:
 None
 4.  ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF INFORMATION:
 ----Describe the target.
 ----Provide sketches in support of your findings.
 ----Optional Coordinates:  846127/477491.
 Approved For Release 2001/03/07 :CIA-RDP96-007898003900850002-5