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Redwire Awarded Contract to Provide Spacecraft Docking Systems for The Exploration Company’s European Space Capsule

KRUIBEKE, Belgium & MUNICH, December 18, 2025–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW), a global leader in space and defense…
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https://www.newsbeep.com/au/356490/

https://www.europesays.com/ie/239540/ Redwire Awarded Contract to Provide Spacecraft Docking Systems for The Exploration Company’s European Space Capsule #CommercialSpaceSector #DockingSystem #DockingSystems #Éire #EuropeanAerospaceCompany #EuropeanSpaceAgency #IBDM #IDSS #IE #Ireland #Nyx #RedwireCorporation #Science #Space #TEC #TheExplorationCompany

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