Gemini Docking Mechanism
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Gemini Docking Mechanism
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The Gemini spacecraft was equipped with a non-androgynous mechanism for docking with the Agena target vehicle or Augmented Target Docking Adapter. It was the first American craft that could dock to another in space. The Gemini side of the mechanism consisted of 3 latch receptacles around the forward end of the spacecraft. The Agena side of the mechanism consisted of a truncated cone to guide the nose of the Gemini spacecraft into 3 corresponding latches. A notch in the cone aligned with the "ind
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_Docking_Mechanism
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2020-12-30T00:03:32Z
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