#docking — Public Fediverse posts

https://www.europesays.com/africa/174967/ Somalia on verge of oil production as Turkish drilling ship nears docking #as #docking #drilling #nears #of #oil #on #production #ship #Somalia #Turkish #verge

This #docking system was originally designed for the Apollo-Soyuz Test project in which an American Apollo and Soviet Soyuz spacecraft met in orbit and docked.
The #APAS, Androgynous Peripheral Attach System, can dock to any other APAS system, unlike a probe-and-drogue system.
The Soviets continued developing the system for their Mir station and Buran shuttle.
However, instead of a Soviet shuttle docking to Mir, it was the American Space Shuttle.
In a post-Cold War show of friendship, the #SpaceShuttle was modified with a docking collar meant for another vehicle and used it to visit Mir and deliver supplies and help change crews.

This #photograph was taken at the #Atlantis #museum, where Atlantis is on display at Kennedy Space Center Visitors Complex.

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#SpaceShuttleAtlantis, #AtlantisMuseum, #DockingSystem, #Photography

#NASA, #ESA. #CSA, #JAXA, #Roscosmos, #CNSA : do you read me ? https://youtu.be/ARJ8cAGm6JE
The #rescue agreement was ratified on 📆 December 3, 1968 "upon becoming #aware that the personnel of a #spacecraft are in distress [...] any state party shall extend #assistance in the #rescue operation"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_policy#The_Rescue_Agreement
How about #prevention of #distress ?

#HumanSpaceflightSecurity #APAS #docking #international #collaboration #emergency #airlock #Soyuz

#Tiangong is fitted with the #Chinese 🇨🇳 #docking mechanism based on the #Russian 🇷🇺 APAS-89/APAS-95 system. #NASA is describing it as a "clone" to #APAS on the #ISS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiangong_space_station#Docking
Would be an #alternative to a #risky landing with a partly operational #Soyuz in case of an #emergency (#depressurization / #ammonia #contamination or similar) ?

Wonder whether #GatewaySpaceport's #Hatship #pod got a docking mechanism which fits (both) ? https://gatewayspaceport.com/pod-2

Picture : APAS-95 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:STS-131_flight_day_two_Discovery%27s_RMS_and_OBSS.jpg

#HumanSpaceflightSecurity #HumanSpaceflight #HumanSpaceflightBasics