docking

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Once Orion completes initial system checks, it will attempt rendezvous and docking operations for the first time with test versions of lunar landers being developed by Blue Origin and SpaceX.

From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026

This summer, engineers plan to join Orion's crew module and service module and install the spacecraft's docking system, which will fly for the first time.

From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026

Canary Islands regional authorities have consistently resisted taking in the ship, which was only authorised to anchor offshore instead of docking in the port.

From Barron's • May 10, 2026

A dynamic to watch is whether tankers docking at Gulf Arab ports again begin moving through the Strait in numbers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

The summer of 1958 came, and with it, floating ships of clouds that lazily drifted by, docking sometimes in the afternoon to produce a shower to loosen the dust off the houses and the cars.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam