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Old 22nd Aug 2013, 23:28
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Originally Posted by egravitics
Soyuz / ISS rendezvous has now been fully automated to give a 4-orbit ascent and docking in under 6 hours.
Docking with a space station is easy compared to landing an airliner, since you're moving a few feet or inches per second with no other traffic to get in the way, and has still been problematic to implement.
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