Androgynous Peripheral Attach System

Androgynous Peripheral Attach System
APAS-75 (American version)
Typeandrogynous docking mechanism
DeveloperRKK Energiya
Mass286 kg (631 lb)
Host spacecraft
First use1975
Last use2011

The terms Androgynous Peripheral Attach System (APAS), Androgynous Peripheral Assembly System (APAS) and Androgynous Peripheral Docking System (APDS)[1][2] are used interchangeably to describe a Russian family of spacecraft docking mechanisms, and are also sometimes used as generic names for any docking system in that family. A system similar to APAS-89/95 is used by the Chinese Shenzhou spacecraft.[3]

  1. ^ "Apollo-Soyuz Test Project: Information for the Press: 1975" (PDF). NASA. 1975. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  2. ^ Heather Hinke; Matthew Strube; John J. Zipay; Scott Cryan (5 March 2016). "Technology Development of Automated Rendezvous and Docking/Capture Sensors and Docking Mechanism for the Asteroid Redirect Manned Mission" (PDF). NASA. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Testimony of James Oberg: Senate Science, Technology, and Space Hearing: International Space Exploration Program". spaceref.com. 27 April 2004. Retrieved 2008-04-07.[permanent dead link]