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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

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Tiangong space station - Wikipedia

Dec 21, 2022 at 1:15amWeb
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#NASA, #ESA. #CSA, #JAXA, #Roscosmos, #CNSA : do you read me ? https://youtu.be/ARJ8cAGm6JE
The #rescue agreement was ratified on 📆 December 3, 1968 "upon becoming #aware that the personnel of a #spacecraft are in distress [...] any state party shall extend #assistance in the #rescue operation"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_policy#The_Rescue_Agreement
How about #prevention of #distress ?

#HumanSpaceflightSecurity #APAS #docking #international #collaboration #emergency #airlock #Soyuz

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