Thick Transport

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Crews have tended to like the Transportnyi Korabl’ Snabzheniia for its spaciousness. At least up to now. Though the TKS has a lot of space, with most of the fuel for operations in tanks outboard, that additional interior space is usually filled with equipment and snacks for resupplying a space station (So much borscht). Even so, there is more free space than flying in a Soyuz.

The TLKS heavy version of the ship, to have enough fuel to get out to the Mun or Minmus and back, has replaced the central core with a inboard fuel tank, the aft cargo space and docking port being access through a narrow tube.

Surrounded by fuel.