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NASA Center: Johnson Space Center
Image # : S-75-25617
Date : 04/25/1975

Title

ASTP Training at Star City

Full Description

Cosmonaut Aleksey A. Leonov (left) and astronaut Thomas P. Stafford take part in Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP)joint crew training at the Cosmonaut Training Center (Star City) near Moscow. They are inside a Soviet Soyuz orbital module trainer. The two men were the commanders of their respective ASTP prime crews. ASTP was a cooperative space mission between the United States and the USSR. The goals of ASTP were to test the ability of American and Soviet spacecraft to rendezvous and dock in space and to open the doors to possible international rescue missions and future collaboration on manned spaceflights. The Soyuz and Apollo crafts launched from Baikonur and the Kennedy Space Center respectively, on July 15, 1975. The two spacecraft successfully completed the rendezvous and docking on July 17th. While the Soyuz craft returned to Earth on July 21st, the Apollo craft stayed in space another 3 days, landing on July 24th in the Pacific Ocean. ASTP was a success, as not only did crews accomplish the rendezvous and docking, but they also performed in-flight intervehicular crew transfers and various scientific experiments. ASTP proved to be significant step toward improving international cooperation in space during the Cold War.

Keywords

Aleksey Leonov Thomas Stafford Apollo-Soyuz Test Project ASTP Cosmonaut Training Center Star City Orbital Module Trainer

Subject Category

Simulators, Astronauts, Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, Soviet People-Cosmonauts, Soviet Aeronautics,

Reference Numbers

  • Center: JSC
  • Center Number: S-75-25617
  • GRIN DataBase Number: GPN-2002-000158

Source Information

  • Creator/Photographer: NASA
  • Original Source: DIGITAL

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Thumbnail JPEG 83 51 8
Small JPEG 591 365 185
Medium JPEG 1386 855 949
Large JPEG 1 1710 5,123

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Photo courtesy of USSR Academy of Sciences
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