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Friday, April 9, 2021
THE HAPPENING WORLD: M Equals Two: Soyuz Docks with the ISS
Contact and capture! #SoyuzMS18 crewed spacecraft docked successfully to the Russian segment of the International @Space_Station, making it in just two orbits around the Earth!
— РОСКОСМОС (@roscosmos) April 9, 2021
Welcome to the ISS, @novitskiy_iss, Pyotr and @Astro_Sabot! pic.twitter.com/XDqresKbmD
On September 12th, 1966, Gemini 11 rendezvoused and docked with its Agena target vehicle just 94 minutes after liftoff, demonstrating the direct ascent first orbit rendezvous which would used in lunar orbit by Apollo. Commander Pete Conrad exclaimed “M=1!” after accomplishing the first revolution docking, Fifty-five years later, Soyuz has gotten it down to two revolutions, docking with the International Space Station two orbits after launch.
Posted at April 9, 2021 11:57