Spacecraft Docking and Berthing Mechanisms | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-03-27

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00:00:38 1 Docking states
00:01:17 2 History
00:01:26 2.1 Docking
00:05:49 2.2 Berthing
00:06:33 3 Hardware
00:06:42 3.1 Androgyny
00:07:55 3.2 List of mechanisms/systems
00:08:05 3.3 Adapters
00:10:05 4 Docking of uncrewed spacecraft
00:14:13 5 Non-cooperative docking
00:15:22 5.1 Salyut 7 space station salvage mission
00:17:24 5.2 Uncrewed dockings of non-cooperative space objects
00:19:25 6 Berthing spacecraft and modules
00:20:32 7 Mars surface docking



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Docking and berthing of spacecraft is the joining of two space vehicles. This connection can be temporary, or semipermanent such as for space station modules.
Docking specifically refers to joining of two separate free-flying space vehicles. Berthing refers to mating operations where an inactive module/vehicle is placed into the mating interface of another space vehicle by using a robotic arm. Because the modern process of un-berthing is manually laborious, berthing operations are seen as unsuited for rapid crew evacuations in the event of an emergency.