JSC Digital Image Collection

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S74-29039

Apollo

Apollo-Soyuz Test Project

Date Taken:

1974-09-24

35mm BW

Title:
Two ASTP prime crews atop mock-ups at JSC to symbolize historic docking

Description:
The two prime crews of the joint U.S.-USSR Apollo Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) sit atop ASTP mock-ups at JSC to symbolize their historic docking in Earth orbit mission schedules for summer of 1975. They are, left to right, Astronaut Donald K. Slayton, docking module pilot of the American crew; Astronaut Vance D. Brand, command module pilot of the American Crew; Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford, commander of the American crew; Cosmonaut Valeriy N. Kubasov, engineer of the Soviet crew; and Cosmonaut Aleksey A. Leonov, commander of the Soviet crew. The three Americans are seated on a mock-up of a Docking Module, which is designed to link the Apollo and Soyuz spacecraft. The two Soviets are atop a mock-up of a Soyuz spacecraft orbital module. Leonov and Kubasov were among a group of cosmonauts and engineers who visited JSC for three weeks of joint crew training.

Subject Terms:
APOLLO SOYUZ TEST PROJECT ASTRONAUTS COSMONAUTS FACILITIES JOHNSON SPACE CENTER MOCK-UP PUBLIC RELATIONS SIMULATION SOYUZ SPACECRAFT SPACECRAFT DOCKING TEXAS

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