NASA Prefers Docking Over Grapple For Commercial Crew

Frank Morring, Jr. December 13, 2011
Safety concerns about getting a commercial crew vehicle away from the International Space Station in an emergency are driving NASA’s preferred design to a docking system instead of the grapple-and-berth linkup to be used on upcoming commercial cargo flights. William Gerstenmaier, associate...

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