APAS was selected for the Shuttle-Mir program and manufactured by Russian company RKK Energiya under a $18 million contract signed in June 1993.
 Rockwell International, prime contractor for the Shuttle, accepted delivery of hardware from Energiya in September 1994 and integrated it onto Space Shuttles' Orbiter Docking System, an add-on that was installed in the payload bay and was originally meant for use with Space Station Freedom.

Although Energia's code for the Shuttle APAS is APAS-95, it has been described as being basically the same as APAS-89.
It had a mass of 286 kg.

APAS-95 was selected to join the American and Russian modules on the International Space Station (ISS) and to allow the Space Shuttle, Soyuz, Progress and Automated Transfer Vehicle to dock.
The Shuttle's Orbiter Docking System remained unchanged from when it was used for the Shuttle–Mir Program in 1995.
The active capture ring that extends outward from the spacecraft captured the passive mating ring on the space station's APAS-95 connection on the Pressurized Mating Adapter.
The capture ring aligned them, pulled them together and deployed 12 structural hooks, latching the two systems with an airtight seal.
The Pressurized Mating Adapters are permanently passive.
APAS was selected for the Shuttle-Mir program and manufactured by Russian company RKK Energiya under a $18 million contract signed in June 1993.  Rockwell International, prime contractor for the Shuttle, accepted delivery of hardware from Energiya in September 1994 and integrated it onto Space Shuttles' Orbiter Docking System, an add-on that was installed in the payload bay and was originally meant for use with Space Station Freedom.
Although Energia's code for the Shuttle APAS is APAS-95, it has been described as being basically the same as APAS-89. It had a mass of 286 kg.
APAS-95 was selected to join the American and Russian modules on the International Space Station (ISS) and to allow the Space Shuttle, Soyuz, Progress and Automated Transfer Vehicle to dock. The Shuttle's Orbiter Docking System remained unchanged from when it was used for the Shuttle–Mir Program in 1995. The active capture ring that extends outward from the spacecraft captured the passive mating ring on the space station's APAS-95 connection on the Pressurized Mating Adapter. The capture ring aligned them, pulled them together and deployed 12 structural hooks, latching the two systems with an airtight seal. The Pressurized Mating Adapters are permanently passive.
Androgynous Peripheral Attach System