Archive - Jul 14, 2015
ARISS SSTV July 18-19 to Commmemorate 40th Anniversary of the Apollo- Soyuz Mission
ARISS SSTV Images to Commmemorate 40th Anniversary of the Apollo-
Soyuz Mission
40 years ago this week, the historic joint Apollo-Soyuz mission was
conducted. Apollo-Soyuz (or Soyuz-Apollo in Russia) represented the
first joint USA-Soviet mission and set the stage for follow-on Russia-
USA space collaboration on the Space Shuttle, Mir Space Station and
the International Space Station. The Soyuz and Apollo vehicles were
docked from July 17-19, 1975, during which time joint experiments and
activities were accomplished with the 3 USA astronauts and 2 Soviet
PE1NTN – Tue, 2015 – 07 – 14 12:20