The American Apollo spacecraft as seen in Earth orbit from the Soviet Soyuz spacecraft. Note the special docking module attached…
The Saturn IB rocket lifts off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 15, 1975, carrying Stafford, Brand…
Cosmonauts Leonov (left) and Kubasov prepare to board their Soyuz spacecraft at the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in…
The Soyuz spacecraft carrying Leonov and Kubasov lifts off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on July 15, 1975. Credit:…
Donald K. “Deke” Slayton suits up for an altitude test of the Apollo command module in an altitude chamber of…
The joint training in the U.S. and Russia had its lighter moments. Here, Cosmonaut Leonov joins a belly dancer on…
Dawn breaks behind the Saturn IB launch vehicle during the countdown demonstration test on July 2, 1975. The mobile service…
Cosmonaut Aleksey A. Leonov (left) and astronaut Thomas P. Stafford take part in joint crew training at the Cosmonaut Training…
A space-suited Mickey Mouse welcomes the Apollo-Soyuz crew to Florida’s Disney World near Orlando. The astronauts and cosmonauts made a…
