Apollo–Soyuz Docking Module

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The Apollo–Soyuz Docking Module was a specially designed adapter spacecraft that enabled the American Apollo and Soviet Soyuz vehicles to physically connect and support joint operations during the first international crewed space mission.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
ASTP Docking Module 1
Apollo–Soyuz Docking Module canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf docking module ⓘ
spacecraft ⓘ
spacecraft adapter ⓘ
agreementContext developed under 1972 US–USSR space cooperation agreement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs ASTP Docking Module ⓘ
atmosphereAdaptation adapted Apollo pure oxygen atmosphere to Soyuz nitrogen–oxygen atmosphere ⓘ
connectsWith Apollo spacecraft ⓘ
Soyuz spacecraft ⓘ
control primarily controlled from Apollo command module ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
crewAccess allowed transfer of astronauts and cosmonauts between spacecraft ⓘ
crewCapacity passage for up to three crew at a time ⓘ
developmentAgency NASA Manned Spacecraft Center ⓘ
diameter approximately 1.4 meters ⓘ
displayStatus no complete flight article on public display ⓘ
dockingDate 1975-07-17 ⓘ
dockingSystemType androgynous docking system ⓘ
feature airlock between Apollo and Soyuz ⓘ
androgynous peripheral attach system docking mechanism ⓘ
environmental control system ⓘ
pressure equalization system ⓘ
translation and rotation control thrusters ⓘ
heritage influenced later international docking standards ⓘ
historicalSignificance enabled first international crewed space docking ⓘ
symbol of US–Soviet détente in space ⓘ
launchDate 1975-07-15 ⓘ
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B ⓘ
launchVehicle Saturn IB ⓘ
length approximately 3.15 meters ⓘ
manufacturer North American Rockwell ⓘ
Rockwell International ⓘ
mass approximately 2,000 kilograms ⓘ
mission Apollo–Soyuz Test Project mission ⓘ
missionDuration about 9 days ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
partOf Apollo–Soyuz Test Project ⓘ
powerSource electrical power from Apollo spacecraft ⓘ
precededBy Apollo docking systems used with lunar module ⓘ
program Apollo program ⓘ
Soviet crewed space program ⓘ
purpose enable docking between Apollo and Soyuz spacecraft ⓘ
support joint US–Soviet crewed space operations ⓘ
reentryDate 1975-07-24 ⓘ
role provided structural interface between Apollo and Soyuz ⓘ
served as an airlock between different cabin atmospheres ⓘ
status mission completed ⓘ
successor APAS-89 docking system conceptually ⓘ
usedOnMission Apollo spacecraft CSM-111 ⓘ
Soyuz 19 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Apollo–Soyuz Test Project → usedDockingModule → Apollo–Soyuz Docking Module ⓘ
Apollo–Soyuz Docking Module → alsoKnownAs → ASTP Docking Module ⓘ
linked to: Apollo–Soyuz Docking Module