| NASA Center: |
Johnson Space Center |
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| Image # : |
S75-29432 |
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| Date : |
07/17/1975
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Title
Historic Handshake
Full Description
Apollo Commander, Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford (in foreground) and
Soyuz Commander, Cosmonaut Alexei A. Leonov make their historic
handshake in space during the joint Russian / American docking mission
known as the ASTP, or Apollo Soyuz Test Project. The handshake took
place after the hatch to the Universal Docking Adapter (UDA) was
opened. Stafford is inside the UDA and Leonov is inside the Soyuz.
The UDA was a specially designed docking module that was built by the
United States that enabled the two spacecraft to link-up. It was
attached to the Apollo Command Module during rendezvous and docking
maneuvers. Once docking was complete, the module was pressurized.
This grainy image was made from a frame of 16 millimeter motion
picture film.
Keywords
Apollo Soyuz Test Project ASTP Thomas Stafford Tom Stafford Universal Docking Adapter UDA Command Module Alexei Leonov
Subject Category
Astronauts, Apollo-Soyuz Test Project,
Reference Numbers
- Center:
JSC
- Center Number:
S75-29432
- GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2000-001052
Source Information
- Creator/Photographer: NASA
- Original Source: DIGITAL
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3000 |
2162 |
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