Probe-and-drogue docking system

Overview

The probe-and-drogue docking system is the long-serving Russian mechanism used by Soyuz and Progress to dock with space stations, including the ISS Russian segment.

Knowledge connections

• Attached toInternational Space Station

Sources

Facts on this topic will be cited from these primary and reference sources.

• NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration

  Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.

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