Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
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The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project was a joint space mission between the United States and the Soviet Union in July 1975. It marked a significant moment of détente during the Cold War, symbolizing improved relations between the two superpowers.12
The mission involved an Apollo spacecraft carrying three American astronauts docking in orbit with a Soviet Soyuz vehicle that had two cosmonauts aboard. This historic "handshake in space" allowed the crews to travel between the two spacecraft, exchange gifts, and conduct joint experiments. Although the mission itself was largely successful, a minor incident occurred during the American crew's reentry when poisonous nitrogen tetroxide entered their cabin, causing chemically induced pneumonia, from which they all recovered.132
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Vance Brand…named command pilot for the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP).
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Valery Bykovsky…of cosmonaut training for the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, which was carried out in July 1975, and was command pilot of Soyuz 22, a 190-hour flight that began on September 15, 1976. Bykovsky was commander of Soyuz 31, which lifted off with East German cosmonaut Sigmund Jähn aboard on August 26,…
Read More…of cosmonaut training for the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, which was carried out in July 1975, and was command pilot of Soyuz 22, a 190-hour flight that began on September 15, 1976. Bykovsky was commander of Soyuz 31, which lifted off with East German cosmonaut Sigmund Jähn aboard on August 26,…
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David Scott…administrative staff of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. He then became director of the Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base. He left the space program in 1977 to enter private business in Los Angeles. In 2004 he wrote a book, Two Sides of the Moon: Our Story of…
Read More…administrative staff of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. He then became director of the Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base. He left the space program in 1977 to enter private business in Los Angeles. In 2004 he wrote a book, Two Sides of the Moon: Our Story of…
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Donald Kent Slayton…docking module pilot for the Apollo-Soyuz mission (July 15–24, 1975; with Thomas P. Stafford and Vance D. Brand). After that flight was completed, Slayton served as manager of the orbital flight tests of the space shuttle until he retired in 1982. He then founded and directed Space Services, Inc., a…
Read More…docking module pilot for the Apollo-Soyuz mission (July 15–24, 1975; with Thomas P. Stafford and Vance D. Brand). After that flight was completed, Slayton served as manager of the orbital flight tests of the space shuttle until he retired in 1982. He then founded and directed Space Services, Inc., a…
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Thomas Stafford…that docked with a Soviet Soyuz craft in space in 1975.
Read More…that docked with a Soviet Soyuz craft in space in 1975.
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