His notable designs including the docking mechanisms for crewed spacecraft; it was his Androgynous Peripheral Attach System which, in the 1970s, linked the Soviet and American space capsules in the Apollo-Soyuz test flight.
The passage highlights his contributions to spacecraft docking mechanisms, particularly his work on the Androgynous Peripheral Attach System, which played a crucial role in connecting the Soviet and American space capsules during the Apollo-Soyuz Test Flight in the 1970s.