On this date in 1975, a Soviet and an American shook hands. Even for the time period, this wouldn’t have been a big deal if it wasn’t for the fact that it happened approximately 220 kilometers (136 ...
50 years after a historic handshake in space, the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project's legacy still resonates
The first joint space mission between the United States and Russia (then the Soviet Union) docked in Earth orbit half a century ago today (July 17). When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...
(WHTM) On July 15, 1975, two rockets blasted off into space. The Soviet Union’s Soyuz 19 launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 8:20 a.m. EDT, carrying cosmonauts Alexey Leonov and Valery ...
I'd think that even casual dorks interested in humanity's actual space programs would be aware of the very first joint mission between two spacefaring countries: the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project of 1975, ...
The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project brought Soviet cosmonauts and NASA astronauts together in the first international human spaceflight. A 1973 artist’s concept of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, with the ...
Deke Slayton (left) and Alexei Leonov made their first and second spaceflights, respectively, on Apollo-Soyuz. Slayton was one of NASA's original Mercury astronauts, but had been grounded for years ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford (top) and cosmonaut Aleksei A. Leonov look through a hatchway leading from the Apollo Docking Module ...
Top Events of 3 Apollo Missions Leading to 'One Giant Leap for Mankind' ...
Click to open image viewer. This scale model (1:40) of portions of the Skylab and Apollo Telescope Mount docking system is an early concept model. This model has the command module attached at right ...
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