Apollo Soyuz
Apollo Launch: July 15, 1975
Landing: July 24, 1975
Soyuz Launch: July 15, 1975
Landing: July 21, 1975
Docking Time: July 17, 1975, at 12:12 p.m. EDT
Undocking Time: July 19, 1975, at 11:26 a.m. EDT
Total Time: 19 hours, 55 minutes
Astronauts: Thomas P. Stafford, Vance D. Brand, Donald K. Slayton
Cosmonauts: Alexey A. Leonov, Valery N. Kubasov
The crews warmly greeted each other after the initial opening of the hatches. The crews took calls from President Ford and Soviet Communist Party General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev and exchanged gifts all before closing the hatches for the night to sleep. The next day they gave a tour of the command modules for the T.V. audience on earth, then got busy performing science experiments. They spent time in each others capsules and exchanged final gifts before undocking that night.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: S74-17843
Date: March 1974
Apollo Soyuz
Apollo Launch: July 15, 1975
Landing: July 24, 1975
Soyuz Launch: July 15, 1975
Landing: July 21, 1975
Docking Time: July 17, 1975, at 12:12 p.m. EDT
Undocking Time: July 19, 1975, at 11:26 a.m. EDT
Total Time: 19 hours, 55 minutes
Astronauts: Thomas P. Stafford, Vance D. Brand, Donald K. Slayton
Cosmonauts: Alexey A. Leonov, Valery N. Kubasov
The crews warmly greeted each other after the initial opening of the hatches. The crews took calls from President Ford and Soviet Communist Party General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev and exchanged gifts all before closing the hatches for the night to sleep. The next day they gave a tour of the command modules for the T.V. audience on earth, then got busy performing science experiments. They spent time in each others capsules and exchanged final gifts before undocking that night.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: S74-17843
Date: March 1974