Apollo–Soyuz Test Project

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The Apollo–Soyuz Test Project was a 1975 joint U.S.–Soviet space mission that conducted the first international crewed spacecraft docking, symbolizing a thaw in Cold War tensions and pioneering cooperative space exploration.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States–Soviet Union spaceflight ⓘ
crewed spaceflight mission ⓘ
docking mission ⓘ
joint space mission ⓘ
agreementSigned 1972-05-24 ⓘ
agreementSignedBy Soviet Union ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
alsoKnownAs ASTP ⓘ
Apollo–Soyuz Test Project ⓘ
surface form: Apollo–Soyuz
apogee about 229 km ⓘ
country Soviet Union ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
crewMember Alexei Leonov ⓘ
Deke Slayton ⓘ
surface form: Donald K. Slayton

Thomas Stafford ⓘ
surface form: Thomas P. Stafford

Valeri Kubasov ⓘ
Vance D. Brand ⓘ
crewSize 5 ⓘ
dockingDate 1975-07-17 ⓘ
dockingMechanismStandard Androgynous Peripheral Attach System ⓘ
firstInternationalDocking true ⓘ
followedBy NASA Space Shuttle program ⓘ
surface form: Space Shuttle program
inclination about 51.8 degrees ⓘ
landingDate 1975-07-21 ⓘ
launchDate 1975-07-15 ⓘ
launchSite Baikonur Cosmodrome ⓘ
surface form: Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 1/5

Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B ⓘ
legacy paved way for International Space Station cooperation ⓘ
paved way for Shuttle–Mir Program ⓘ
missionDuration 9 days ⓘ
missionType diplomatic mission in space ⓘ
test flight ⓘ
notableAs last crewed US spaceflight before Space Shuttle era ⓘ
last flight of an Apollo spacecraft ⓘ
objective conduct joint scientific experiments ⓘ
demonstrate international cooperation in space ⓘ
test compatible rendezvous and docking systems ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
Soviet space program ⓘ
orbit low Earth orbit ⓘ
perigee about 217 km ⓘ
politicalContext détente ⓘ
precededBy Skylab 4 ⓘ
program Apollo program ⓘ
Soyuz spacecraft ⓘ
surface form: Soyuz program
spacecraft Apollo command and service module ⓘ
surface form: Apollo CSM-111

Soyuz 19 ⓘ
symbolized beginning of US–Soviet space cooperation ⓘ
thaw in Cold War tensions ⓘ
undockingDate 1975-07-19 ⓘ
usedDockingModule Apollo–Soyuz Docking Module ⓘ

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Apollo program → followedBy → Apollo–Soyuz Test Project ⓘ
Skylab program → relatedProgram → Apollo–Soyuz Test Project ⓘ
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B → usedForProgram → Apollo–Soyuz Test Project ⓘ
LC-39B → supportedProgram → Apollo–Soyuz Test Project ⓘ
Apollo–Soyuz Test Project → alsoKnownAs → Apollo–Soyuz Test Project ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apollo–Soyuz
Apollo command and service module → usedInMission → Apollo–Soyuz Test Project ⓘ
Apollo command and service module → lastCrewedFlight → Apollo–Soyuz Test Project ⓘ
Space Race → significantEvent → Apollo–Soyuz Test Project ⓘ
Space Race → concludedWith → Apollo–Soyuz Test Project ⓘ
Soviet space program → cooperationEvent → Apollo–Soyuz Test Project ⓘ
Launch Operations Center → usedForProgram → Apollo–Soyuz Test Project ⓘ
Vehicle Assembly Building → usedDuringProgram → Apollo–Soyuz Test Project ⓘ
Launch Control Center Firing Rooms → historicalUse → Apollo–Soyuz Test Project ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apollo–Soyuz Test Project launch
Thomas Stafford → spaceMission → Apollo–Soyuz Test Project ⓘ
Thomas Stafford → wasCommanderOf → Apollo–Soyuz Test Project ⓘ
United States civil space program → historicalProgram → Apollo–Soyuz Test Project ⓘ
Deke Slayton → spaceMission → Apollo–Soyuz Test Project ⓘ
Skylab 4 → followedBy → Apollo–Soyuz Test Project ⓘ
crawler-transporter → usedForMission → Apollo–Soyuz Test Project ⓘ
Alexei Leonov → notableWork → Apollo–Soyuz Test Project ⓘ
Alexei Leonov → participatedIn → Apollo–Soyuz Test Project ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apollo–Soyuz Test Project docking
Launch pads 39A and 39B → usedForProgram → Apollo–Soyuz Test Project ⓘ
subject surface form: Launch Pad 39A
LC-39A → historicalUse → Apollo–Soyuz Test Project ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apollo–Soyuz Test Project launch
Saturn IB → partOfProgram → Apollo–Soyuz Test Project ⓘ
Saturn IB → lastFlightMission → Apollo–Soyuz Test Project ⓘ
Saturn IB → notableMission → Apollo–Soyuz Test Project ⓘ
Vance D. Brand → spaceMission → Apollo–Soyuz Test Project ⓘ
Apollo–Soyuz Docking Module → partOf → Apollo–Soyuz Test Project ⓘ
Apollo–Soyuz Docking Module → mission → Apollo–Soyuz Test Project ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apollo–Soyuz Test Project mission
ASTP → acronymFor → Apollo–Soyuz Test Project ⓘ
Soyuz 19 → partOf → Apollo–Soyuz Test Project ⓘ
Service Propulsion System → usedOnMission → Apollo–Soyuz Test Project ⓘ
Saturn rocket family → usedFor → Apollo–Soyuz Test Project ⓘ
subject surface form: Saturn IB
Saturn rocket family → notableMission → Apollo–Soyuz Test Project ⓘ
Crawler-Transporter 2 → usedInProgram → Apollo–Soyuz Test Project ⓘ
NASA Astronaut Group 2 → relatedProgram → Apollo–Soyuz Test Project ⓘ
Shuttle–Mir Program → precededBy → Apollo–Soyuz Test Project ⓘ
Thomas Patten Stafford → spaceMission → Apollo–Soyuz Test Project ⓘ
Thomas Patten Stafford → participantIn → Apollo–Soyuz Test Project ⓘ