Cosmonauts Test Upgraded ISS Manual Docking System

Credit: NASA
HOUSTON—Cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station successfully re-docked an unmanned Progress cargo capsule early July 1, successfully demonstrating an ungraded Russian manual docking system. The system was recently installed in the orbiting laboratory’s Russian segment for use by new...

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