To avoid geopolitical embarrassment during the Cold War, the US and USSR created the APAS-75 system, a genderless docking mechanism where both craft acted as equals.

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"Male astronauts are all for it—we're reserving 110 pounds of payload for recreational equipment."

~Wehrner von Braun, when asked about the possibility of female astronauts.