Can and if so, will, Orion use Soyuz docking port on ISS?

Derek Lyons wrote:
"Jorge R. Frank" wrote:

How many docking ports are on the ISS? And what are their configurations?
2 APAS on PMA-2 and PMA-3 (shuttle)
1 hybrid probe & drogue on Zvezda (MRM-2)
3 standard probe & drogue on Zarya, Pirs, and Zvezda (Soyuz, Progress, ATV)

Will HTV be berthed on a PMA or directly on a CBM?

The latter.

In article ,
"Jorge R. Frank" writes:
2 APAS on PMA-2 and PMA-3 (shuttle)
1 hybrid probe & drogue on Zvezda (MRM-2)
3 standard probe & drogue on Zarya, Pirs, and Zvezda (Soyuz, Progress, ATV)

Many years ago, the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project demonstrated an
"androgynous docking adaptor." Was that a dead end, or did it evolve
into one of the adaptors now in use?

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In article ,
"Jorge R. Frank" writes:
2 APAS on PMA-2 and PMA-3 (shuttle)
1 hybrid probe & drogue on Zvezda (MRM-2)
3 standard probe & drogue on Zarya, Pirs, and Zvezda (Soyuz, Progress,
ATV)

Many years ago, the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project demonstrated an
"androgynous docking adaptor." Was that a dead end, or did it evolve
into one of the adaptors now in use?


That's the APAS mentioned above.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APAS for a short writeup.




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"Steve Willner" wrote in message
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In article ,
"Jorge R. Frank" writes:
2 APAS on PMA-2 and PMA-3 (shuttle)
1 hybrid probe & drogue on Zvezda (MRM-2)
3 standard probe & drogue on Zarya, Pirs, and Zvezda (Soyuz, Progress,
ATV)

Many years ago, the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project demonstrated an
"androgynous docking adaptor." Was that a dead end, or did it evolve
into one of the adaptors now in use?

Here you go:

http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/top..._Attach_System

Jeff
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