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    NASA to develop a backup: the Augmented Target Docking Adapter (ATDA), a smaller spacecraft consisting of the docking target with an attitude control propulsion...
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    the craft to fail to reach orbit, due to the extra mass. The Augmented Target Docking Adapter, to be used for the Gemini 9A crewed mission, was successfully...
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    also used the Agena target vehicle, a modified Atlas-Agena upper stage, used to develop and practice orbital rendezvous and docking techniques. The astronaut...
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    mechanism for docking with the Agena target vehicle or Augmented Target Docking Adapter. It was the first American craft that could dock to another in...
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    the Gemini 9 launch scheduled for later that morning. The Augmented Target Docking Adapter (ATDA) had been designed for use as a contingency for the ATV...
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    replacement Agena rocket, the new target for the mission was the Augmented Target Docking Adapter (ATDA), which achieved orbit on June 1, 1966. The Gemini 9A...
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  • standard Atlas-Agena vehicle is best known for launching the Augmented Target Docking Adapter (ATDA) in support of the Gemini 9A mission. This occurred on...
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    similar reschedule of the Gemini 9A mission using a backup Augmented Target Docking Adapter atop an Atlas, but with no Agena rocket stage. Two more GATVs...
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    NASA decided to launch the augmented target docking adapter (ATDA) because of the failure on the previous day of Atlas target launch vehicle (TLV) 5303...
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  • launches in a crater in Japan. It is probably inspired by the Augmented Target Docking Adapter, nicknamed "the angry alligator". Bond uses a self-destruct...
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    Supreme Military Council. McDonnell completed assembly of the augmented target docking adapter (ATDA), which was shipped to Cape Kennedy on February 4. Died:...
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    the crew discovered that the augmented target docking adapter (ATDA) shroud had failed to separate, precluding docking. Tigran Petrosian retained his...
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    backup target vehicle for Gemini rendezvous missions. The augmented target docking adapter (ATDA) would be a replacement for the Gemini Agena target vehicle...
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    Gemini 4, the first close rendezvous with Gemini 7 and 6A, and the first docking with Gemini 8. Also noteworthy was Gemini 11, which set a non-Apollo distance...
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    Multimedia Interface (HDMI), through the use of either active or passive adapters. It is the first display interface to rely on packetized data transmission...
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    Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, New York. The augmented target docking adapter (ATDA) arrived at Cape Kennedy. Modifications, testing, and...
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    chase the station automatically. It would then dock to the forward docking port on the core module's docking node, then extend its Lyappa arm to mate with...
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    consumables and experiments, this mission carried the first International Docking Adapter (IDA-1), whose loss delayed preparedness of the station's US Orbital...
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    by the other manufacturers. Docking station For handheld systems as well as hybrids such as the Nintendo Switch, the docking station makes it easy to insert...
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    Lunar Gateway (category Pages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets via Module:Annotated link)
    system to provide a radio link with nearby vehicles and a passive docking adapter to receive the Gateway's future utilization module. NASA awarded a...
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    of docking with a LM, though none was flown on Apollo 7. The spacecraft also included the launch escape system and a spacecraft-lunar module adapter (SLA...
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    Common Berthing Mechanism (category Spacecraft docking systems)
    installation of the docking module atop the Orbiter Docking System on STS-74. This blurred common distinctions between berthing and docking, being positioned...
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    StreetPass and SpotPass tag modes that were powered by Nintendo Network, augmented reality capabilities using its 3D camera system, and Virtual Console,...
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    adapters; a 10 W power adapter is bundled with the device. In addition to a camera connection kit which consists of two adapters for the iPad's dock connector...
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    video display controllers such as the Color Graphics Adapter (CGA) (1981), the Enhanced Graphics Adapter (EGA) (1984) and the Video Graphics Array (VGA) (1987)...
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  • wings that expand when the wearer shrinks. The suit also include wrist adapters which allows the wearer to blast their enemies. The suit was first designed...
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    Pencil, Smart Keyboard, Smart Keyboard Folio, Magic Keyboard, and several adapters. Apple makes several other products that it categorizes as "Wearables,...
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    stations, USB On-The-Go adapters (for connecting USB drives and or, in some cases, a HDMI cable to an external monitor), MHL adapters, add-on batteries, power...
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    docking with the space station. Docking occurred at 03:49 UTC and the hatches between the two spacecraft were opened at 05:36 UTC on. After docking the...
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    additional deliveries in 2017 and 2018. ATK will provide fairings, payload adapters and diaphragms, interstages, nose cones, and thermal/aerodynamic protection...
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