Hello, it's me again. :-) I quoted from the NASDA website a statement that ETS-VII (or ETS-7) "will be the world's first attempt at such an experiment." William H. Leininger replied: >I can see that, with two vehicles launched as one piece, both being of >different design, that it can be differentiated. But what makes it >sufficiently different to take the title of first automatic/remote ng >docking away from Kosmos 186/188, on October 30, 1967? Not knowing the details of Kosmos 186/188, I can't comment one way or the other, but if you think NASDA made a mistake on their webpage you could send a note to proffice@nasda.go.jp to see what they might have to say. The page with the disputed claim is: http://yyy.tksc.nasda.go.jp/Home/News/News-e/64trmm.htm Craig Cholar