A close-up of the engineering model of ESA’s International Berthing and Docking Mechanism (IBDM) that will mate spacecraft with an airtight seal. Whereas present docking systems are passive and rely ...
Safe harbor: A Soyuz (foreground) and Progress supply vehicle docked to the International Space Station in August 2007. NASA How a space docking feels can depend on which side of the interface you’re ...
Docking is the paradox of spaceflight. On the one hand, it’s as boring to watch as an apple turning brown; on the other, it’s white-knuckle suspense when you realise that tons of paper-thin metal are ...
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