TORU
Sign in to savethumb|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.