Apollo Soyuz Test Project Crew
These five men composed the two prime crews of the joint United States-USSR Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) docking mission in Earth orbit . They are astronaut Thomas P. Stafford (standing on left), commander of the American crew; cosmonaut Aleksey A. Leonov (standing on right), commander of the Soviet crew; astronaut Donald K. Slayton (seated on left), docking module pilot of the American crew; astronaut Vance D. Brand (seated center), command module pilot of the American crew; and cosmonaut Valeriy N. Kubasov (seated on right), engineer on the Soviet crew. ASTP officially began when Soyuz 19 launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome at 8:20 a.m. EDT.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: S75-22410
Date: March 1975
Apollo Soyuz Test Project Crew
These five men composed the two prime crews of the joint United States-USSR Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) docking mission in Earth orbit . They are astronaut Thomas P. Stafford (standing on left), commander of the American crew; cosmonaut Aleksey A. Leonov (standing on right), commander of the Soviet crew; astronaut Donald K. Slayton (seated on left), docking module pilot of the American crew; astronaut Vance D. Brand (seated center), command module pilot of the American crew; and cosmonaut Valeriy N. Kubasov (seated on right), engineer on the Soviet crew. ASTP officially began when Soyuz 19 launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome at 8:20 a.m. EDT.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: S75-22410
Date: March 1975