The newly arrived Poisk Mini-Research Module-2 docked to the space-facing port of the forward section of the Zvezda service module of the International Space Station November 19, 2009 in Earth Orbit. Attached to the rear of Poisk is the last stage of a Russian spacecraft that automatically guided and docked the module to the International Space Station. The Russian spacecraft would later undock from Poisk and deorbit for a fiery but safe destruction in Earth's atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean.

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