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Invented by Charles E. Kaempen, this "Space Rendezvous Apparatus" was awarded a patent in 1966.

This invention relates to an apparatus and method for effecting a space rendezvous and more particularly relates to an in-transit or linear rendezvous mode of space transport employing trajectory operations conducted by two or more individually launched space units adapted to rendezvous in-transit for assembly into a single space craft.

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