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TORU
Sign in to saveAlso known as TORU docking system, Teleoperated Mode of Control
thumb|Cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov practices using the TORU equipment in the Zvezda module on the [[International Space Station ]]
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thumb|Cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov practices using the TORU equipment in the Zvezda module on the [[International Space Station ]]
TORU (Tele-robotically Operated Rendezvous Unit, ) is a manual docking system for uncrewed Russian Progress and Soyuz spacecraft. It serves as a backup to the automatic Kurs system. The system was used on the Mir space station and is used on the International Space Station.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “TORU” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.