Androgynous Peripheral Attach System
Spacecraft docking mechanism
Androgynous Peripheral Attach System
The terms Androgynous Peripheral Attach System (APAS), Androgynous Peripheral Assembly System (APAS) and Androgynous Peripheral Docking System (APDS) 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 Chinese system similar to APAS-89/95 is used by the Shenzhou spacecraft.
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