US Edition50 Years After a Historic Handshake in Space, the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project's Legacy Still Resonates
UNITED STATES, JUL 17 – The 1975 mission ended a space race rivalry and started decades of US-Russian joint missions, with crews working together for nearly two days in orbit.
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50 years after a historic handshake in space, the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project's legacy still resonates
On July 17, 1975, an American Apollo crew and a Soviet Soyuz crew met up in Earth orbit for the first time, setting the foundation for continued cooperation in space over the past 50 years.
It was 18:19 Italian time of July 17, 1975 when the two space modules Apollo and Soyuz hooked up 222 km away from Earth. From the American and Soviet modules first shook hands with Thomas Stafford and the Russian partner Alexey Leonov. A gesture full of meaning, the one carried out by the two members of the joint US-Urss mission on that day 50 years ago when the world was still in the cold war.
Exactly 50 years ago, there seemed to be a small crack in the ice shell that the Cold War had become.
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