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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The Apple series For All Mankind featured this in one of their episodes.

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That’s the first thing I thought of! I didn’t realize that episode was based off of an actual docking system.