The Apollo-Soyuz mission was nothing if not historic, but also more relevant than ever as more nations become spacefaring. Continue reading “The Day The Russians And Americans Met 135 Miles Up ...

Slayton made his first space flight in 1975 as the Apollo docking module pilot of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) mission. Donald "Deke" Slayton was one of the original Mercury 7 astronauts ...

He was sidelined due to a heart condition. He eventually made it into space during the July 1975 Apollo-Soyuz Test Project spaceflight between the United States and the Soviet Union. While Mercury ...

His final space mission was in 1975 on the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, which was the first international space mission and demonstrated the first ever docking of American and Soviet spacecraft.

Science Photo Library The crew of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. From left: Slayton, Stafford, Brand, Leonov, Kubasov The Soyuz 11 mission launched in 1971, and all went well until it was time for ...

KSC used that odd-looking launcher and Pad 39B for the Apollo Soyuz Test Project in 1975 as well. Then, no American astronauts flew for nearly six years—the longest hiatus ever. (Since 2011 ...

Prophetically, the team argued for saving the vehicle as a test ... Soyuz was eventually a success, the Soviet effort to land cosmonauts on the Moon failed to outpace NASA's Apollo project.

"I would like to note that we simply continue what we started many years ago, in 1975, when the Apollo-Soyuz worked together," Krikalyov said KENNEDY SPACE CENTER /UNITED STATES/, October 5.