#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

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#SpaceX #SpaceSuit Lab : 0:55 "The spacesuit's primary purpose is to protect the #crew in the #unlikely event that the #cabin would #depressurize" https://youtu.be/4LMwKwcMdIg

"The suit, which is suitable for #vacuum, offers #protection against #cabin #depressurization" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_suit#SpaceX_suit_(%22Starman_suit%22)

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#BBC 📆 10 January 2016 How to deal with a #medical 🚑 #emergency on the #SpaceStation "They have limited resources on the ISS but there are no life support facilities on #Soyuz either" https://www.bbc.com/news/health-35254508

International Space Station (#ISS) #Depressurization Initial
Response #Procedure, 2016 https://governmentattic.org/27docs/ISS%20depressInitRespProced_2016.pdf

Uncontrolled #decompression : loss of #consciousness due to hypoxia (lack of #oxygen) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncontrolled_decompression#Gradual_decompression

#NASA 📆 May 26, 2020 #Evolution of Hardware and Philosophy of Emergency Response Actions on the International Space Station and Future #Spacecrafts https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20200011599

#NYT 📆 Jan. 14, 2015 International Space Station crew members evacuated to the #Russian side of the station twice because of worries of a possible #ammonia leak https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/15/science/space/international-space-station-ammonia-leak.html

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