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Apollo ASTP Docking Module (467 words) |
 | The docking module served mainly as an airlock to raise or lower the pressure between 0.34 and 0.68 atmospheres when moving from one spacecraft to the other. |
| The docking module pressure vessel was formed from a welded cylinder of 1.58 cm thick aluminium, with a tapered bulkhead and tunnel section on the command module and a machined base assembly and bulkhead on the Soyuz end. |
| The docking module pressure vessel and external gas tanks were covered with an external insulation cover made of thin Inconel over a multi-layer insulation blanket separated from the vessel by a framework. |
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