Vladimir Sergeevich Syromyatnikov (January 7, 1933 - September 19, 2006) was a

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and

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n space scientist best known for designing docking mechanisms for crewed

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; it was his

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which, in the 1970s, linked the Soviet and American space capsules in the Apollo-Soyuz test flight. Syromyatnikov also helped design and develop

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, the world's first crewed spacecraft, which launched

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into space in 1961. In the 1990s, he updated the design of his docking mechanism for the meeting of the

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and the ''

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. Syromyatnikov's designs are still used by spacecraft visiting the

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References

Interview in the IEEE Spectrum, April 2006
* "S. P. Korolev. Encyclopedia of life and creativity" - edited by C. A. Lopota, RSC Energia. S. P. Korolev, 2014 {{DEFAULTSORT:Syromyatnikov, Vladimir Soviet aerospace engineers Soviet space program personnel 1933 births Corresponding Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences 2006 deaths Bauman Moscow State Technical University alumni Employees of RSC Energia Soviet inventors

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