Kissinger, Henry A

American academic, US National Security Assistant, 1969-1973; Secretary of State, 1973-1977. Pursued détente with Soviet Union, leading to missile reductions, ABM/ASAT agreements, and Apollo-Soyuz Test Project.

Henry A. Kissinger was assistant to the president for National Security Affairs, 1969-1973, and secretary of state thereafter until 1977. In these positions, he was especially involved in international aspects of spaceflight, particularly the joint Soviet/American flight, the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, in 1975.