Gemini Docking Mechanism

The Gemini spacecraft was the first American craft that could dock to another in space.

It use a non-androgynous docking mechanism.

The docking system was not hollow, so there was no ability to transfer people or material between the craft; the docking system merely locked two craft together.

References

http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20110010964_2011009594.pdf

Spacecraft docking and berthing

Overviews	Docking and berthing of spacecraft Space rendezvous International Docking System Standard

Specific systems	Gemini Apollo Kontakt SSVP (Russian "probe and drogue") Androgynous Peripheral Attach System (APAS) Hybrid SSVP/APAS Common Berthing Mechanism Chinese Docking Mechanism NASA Docking System International Berthing and Docking Mechanism International Docking Adapter

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