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Detail of the docking ring. The blue mechanisms are the 12 docking latches. Additional information about the docking latches can be found starting at page 21 (p. 29 in the PDF) of the Apollo Experience Report: The Docking System.

Picture 3 of 4.

The lower left stamp on the docking ring reads


For Test Only
HRE
V36416250-11
06361 A005767

The upper right stamp on the docking ring reads


Test
EOM817274-11
SN Q6962AAK4603

 
Command module docking latch on docking ring on Apollo 13 at Kansas Cosmosphere.
Time picture taken Sat Dec 7 16:52:22 2013
Location picture taken Apollo Gallery
Hall of Space
Kansas Cosmosphere
Hutchinson, KS
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