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 system similar to APAS-89/95 is used by the Chinese Shenzhou spacecraft.
APAS-75 (American version) | |
| Type | androgynous docking mechanism |
|---|---|
| Developer | RKK Energiya |
| Mass | 286 kg (631 lb) |
| Host spacecraft | |
| First use | 1975 |
| Last use | 2011 |
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