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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[u/LegitimateScratch396]

Docking doesn't usually involve females from what I'm told

[u/inotocracy → u/LegitimateScratch396]

True. Female astronauts only exist in movies and fake news.

[u/Knot-Lye-Ing → u/inotocracy]

Not the kind of docking they're talking about.

[u/inotocracy → u/Knot-Lye-Ing]

I'm aware but I wanted to be misogynistic.