Science fiction is a genre filled with astronauts and space pirates docking their ships with other ships and space stations. Unless it’s ‘Star Trek,’ which uses its convenient transporter to, well, transport people, docking is an essential aspect of space travel. It’s especially important in real life for scientific exploration. Even the Apollo command module required the technology to dock with the moon lander. Docking in space has become even more vital ever since the International Space Station (ISS)
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