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#Tiangong is fitted with the #Chinese 🇨🇳 #docking mechanism based on the #Russian 🇷🇺 APAS-89/APAS-95 system. #NASA is describing it as a "clone" to #APAS on the #ISS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiangong_space_station#Docking
Would be an #alternative to a #risky landing with a partly operational #Soyuz in case of an #emergency (#depressurization / #ammonia #contamination or similar) ?
Wonder whether #GatewaySpaceport's #Hatship #pod got a docking mechanism which fits (both) ? https://gatewayspaceport.com/pod-2
Picture : APAS-95 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:STS-131_flight_day_two_Discovery%27s_RMS_and_OBSS.jpg
#tiangong #chinese #docking #russian #NASA #apas #iss #alternative #risky #soyuz #emergency #depressurization #ammonia #contamination #gatewayspaceport #hatship #pod