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ASTP
Soyuz ASTP in Orbit
Soyuz ASTP in Orbit
Credit: NASA
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. Meetings began in 1969 between Russian and American representatives on a joint manned space mission. Ambitious plans for use of Skylab or Salyut space stations were not approved. Instead it was decided to develop a universal docking system for space rescue. A working group was set up in October 1970 and in May 1972 the USA/USSR Agreement was signed with launch to take place in 1975. D Bushuev and G Lanin were the technical directors of the Soviet-designed EPAS docking system program. 1600 experiments were conducted in developing the system.



Subtopics

Soyuz 16 ASTP Manned Test Flight. Check-out of the Soyuz systems modified for Apollo-Soyuz docking in space.

Apollo (ASTP) First international joint manned space mission; first docking between two spacecraft launched from different countries. Crew nearly killed by toxic propellant vapors dumped into the cabin air supply during re-entry.

Soyuz 19 (ASTP) First docking between two spacecraft launched from different nations. Culmination of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, a post-moon race 'goodwill' flight to test a US/Soviet common docking system.

Soyuz 22 Surplus Soyuz ASTP spacecraft modified with a multi-spectral camera manufactured by Carl Zeiss-Jena in place of the universal docking apparatus. Eight days were spent photographing the earth.

People: Slayton, Filipchenko, Stafford, Brand, Bean, Rukavishnikov, Evans, Leonov, Bykovsky, Kubasov, Aksyonov, Lousma, Ivanchenkov, Andreyev, Strekalov, Malyshev, Dzhanibekov, Romanenko, Popov. Country: USA, Russia. Spacecraft: Apollo CSM, Soyuz 7K-TM, Apollo ASTP Docking Module, Soyuz 7K-MF6. Flights: Soyuz 16, Apollo (ASTP), Soyuz 19 (ASTP), Soyuz 22. Launch Vehicles: Saturn IB, Soyuz-U.
Photo Gallery

Apollo CSM InteriorApollo CSM Interior
Interior of the Apollo Command Service Module on display at Kennedy Space Centre, Florida.
Credit: © Mark Wade


Soyuz ASTPSoyuz ASTP
Credit: © Mark Wade


Soyuz ASTPSoyuz ASTP
Credit: © Mark Wade


Soyuz ASTP in Orbit Soyuz ASTP in Orbit
Soyuz ASTP in Orbit 3
Credit: NASA


Soyuz ASTP in Orbit Soyuz ASTP in Orbit
Soyuz ASTP in Orbit 4
Credit: NASA


Apollo CSMApollo CSM
Apollo CSM with Launch Escape Tower
Credit: © Mark Wade


Apollo CSMApollo CSM
Credit: © Mark Wade


Panel Soyuz 7K-OKPanel Soyuz 7K-OK
Control panel of the initial earth orbit version of Soyuz.
Credit: © Mark Wade


Apollo CSMApollo CSM
Credit: © Mark Wade


Soyuz ASTPSoyuz ASTP
Credit: © Mark Wade


APAS-75 docking unitAPAS-75 docking unit
APAS-75 docking unit as used in ASTP project.
Credit: Andy Salmon


Soyuz ASTP SASoyuz ASTP SA
Cutaway of Soyuz re-entry capsule.


Soyuz ASTP BOSoyuz ASTP BO
Cutaway of Soyuz orbital module.


Soyuz ASTP POSoyuz ASTP PO
Cutaway of Soyuz equipment / propulsion module.


Soyuz ASTP CutawaySoyuz ASTP Cutaway



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1973 September 15 - .
1974 April 3 - . 07:30 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC31. LV Family: R-7. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz-U.
1974 August 12 - . 06:25 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC31. LV Family: R-7. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz-U.
1974 December 2 - . 09:40 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC1. LV Family: R-7. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz-U.
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1975 July 15 - . 12:20 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC1. LV Family: R-7. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz-U.
1975 July 15 - . 19:50 GMT - . Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: Cape Canaveral LC39B. Launch Platform: LUT1. LV Family: Saturn I. Launch Vehicle: Saturn IB.
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1976 September 15 - . 09:48 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC1. LV Family: R-7. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz-U.
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