Apollo–Soyuz Test Project

Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, first human to conduct a spacewalk (1934-2019)

American astronaut (1930–2024)

Apollo–Soyuz was the first crewed international space mission, conducted jointly by the United States and the Soviet Union in July 1975. Millions watched on television as an American Apollo spacecraft docked with a Soviet Soyuz capsule. The mission and its symbolic "handshake in space" became an emblem of détente during the Cold War.

Soviet Cosmonaut (1935-2014)

American astronaut (1924–1993)

component of the United States Apollo spacecraft

asteroid

test pilot and NASA astronaut

USSR spacecraft

USSR spacecraft

spacecraft docking mechanism

variant of the 2nd-generation Soyuz spacecraft (1974–1976)

Soviet engineer and rocket designer (1914-1978)