In the movie they docked to endurance with the ranger at about 68 RPM's. Once docked they retarded the spin by using thrusters which looked like it was from the ranger. I can think of two scenarios:
- The endurance had thrusters which fired when the ranger docked. Which begs the question why not use wireless means to fire the retro thrusters instead of needing to dock?
- The retro thrusters were fired by the ranger so that the physical connection to endurance would also slow down as the ranger slowed. But I find that hard to stomach because the sheering force on the docking port would be so great it would snap in two.
I was curious if there was anything further I was missing?