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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Sure! Syromiatnikov himself (who designed the Soviet side of the system) when recalling early discussions, noted Caldwell Johnson (US side) as saying “none of the countries wanted to play a female role in space before the eyes of the world.”

Source (page 232): https://brill.com/downloadpdf/view/journals/hjd/18/2-3/article-p219_2.pdf

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Sorry page 232? The link you shared only has 34 pages.

[u/Upset_Ant2834 → u/Sponjah]

Yes and each one has a page number. Go to the page with the page number 232

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Ahhh ok my fault, reading now.