Apollo-Soyuz Spawned 1st Handshake in Space by US-Soviet Crews 40 years Ago

Friday, July 17, 2015 - 06:30 in Astronomy & Space

On July 17, 1975, NASA astronauts aboard an Apollo spacecraft linked up with cosmonauts in their Soyuz capsule. The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project meetup showed that two different space vehicles could dock in orbit, but it had diplomatic consequences as well.

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