Spacecraft connections get Adam Savage's Smithsonian treatment

Apollo curator Dr. Teasel Muir-Harmony introduces the APAS-75 docking hardware from the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project.

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Meet an Androgynous Space Docking Module

A spacecraft connector proved the biggest draw among Adam Savage's Tested uploads, in a week that also found room for aircraft chairs, telescope mirrors and guitar wiring. Eight videos arrived, with "Meet an Androgynous Space Docking Module" reaching about 1.3 million views.

At the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, Apollo curator Dr. Teasel Muir-Harmony introduces Savage to the APAS-75 from the 1975 Apollo-Soyuz Test Project and explains the "androgynous" in its name. Beneath the terminology is an appealing engineering idea: mating interfaces that do not require separate male and female designs. Viewers pick up on the practical advantages of compatible connections, with some discussing how the design's descendants continued in spaceflight.

The museum visit extends to "Humanity's Greatest Engineering Feat?", where curator Samantha Thompson walks Adam through the James Webb Space Telescope Pathfinder. This full-scale engineering model helped test the telescope before launch. Among its details are two beryllium mirrors, one bare and one carrying a microscopically thin gold coating.

Back in the workshop, the newest guitar project is the channel's busiest upload by daily views. Despite "Adam Savage Upgrades His Gibson Les Paul Guitar!" in the title, the description identifies the instrument as a Chinese-made Tokai variant of the Les Paul design. Adam replaces its electronics, then adds an engine-turned finish to two rear panels. The Formlabs printer review is another active draw, moving from miniature-print tests to the engineering inside the machine.

Subscribers held steady across the week, while total viewing reached roughly 5.8 million. Today's viewing is much slower than Tested's usual daily pace, though its weekly total sits behind only Wisdom Pouchannel and Architectural Digest among the nearby DIY channels. For Adam, the latest hands-on assignment is still wonderfully specific: making the back of a guitar worth a closer look.

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The videos drawing views on Adam Savage’s Tested right now

Humanity's Greatest Engineering Feat?245,142 views · 2026-10-12 The Best Thing Adam Savage Found in Aircraft Salvage217,052 views · 2026-10-09 $700 Formlabs Form Studio 1 3D Printer Review168,604 views · 2026-10-14 The Tiny Mistake That Proved How This Movie Prop Was Built157,733 views · 2026-10-11 Adam Savage Upgrades His Gibson Les Paul Guitar!146,467 views · 2026-10-15

The numbers

Here is how Tested's uploads and audience moved over the week.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels

Wisdom Pouchannel

11,260,294

Architectural Digest

9,845,599

Adam Savage’s Tested

5,750,348

DaveHax

4,581,224

SB Mowing - Shorts

3,400,392

5-MINUTE REPAIR

2,213,273

Inventor 101

1,192,423

I did a thing

366,086

subscribers

7,290,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

1,908,755,614

views per day

135,603

typical day: 862,935

first-day views of each video posted this week

Meet an Androgynous Space Docking Module

370,132

Humanity's Greatest Engineering Feat?

144,441

The Best Thing Adam Savage Found in Air…

119,227

$700 Formlabs Form Studio 1 3D Printer …

134,796

The Tiny Mistake That Proved How This M…

110,010

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

Wisdom Pouchannel

10,000,000

DaveHax

8,610,000

Architectural Digest

8,030,000

Adam Savage’s Tested

7,290,000

5-MINUTE REPAIR

6,790,000

Inventor 101

6,050,000

I did a thing

5,660,000

SB Mowing - Shorts

5,080,000

DIY Perks

4,950,000

As of October 16, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.