{"id":168781,"date":"2010-03-18T20:38:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-19T00:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-354560"},"modified":"2023-09-22T14:01:16","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T18:01:16","slug":"the-apollo-soyuz-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/missions\/apollo-soyuz\/the-apollo-soyuz-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"The Apollo-Soyuz Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-article-hero-header nasa-gb-align-full bg-carbon-90 width-full maxw-full color-mode-dark hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-article-hero-header\">\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper width-full maxw-full minh-tablet grid-container minh-tablet flex-column padding-0\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-foreground-wrapper display-flex flex-direction-column\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block margin-top-auto width-full maxw-desktop-lg padding-y-9 padding-x-3 desktop:padding-x-3 z-400\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"z-400 grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-7 z-400\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"label color-spacesuit-white margin-bottom-2\">3 Min Read<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"heading-41 line-height-md color-spacesuit-white-important\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Apollo-Soyuz Mission\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-5\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"skrim-overlay skrim-left mobile-skrim-top z-200\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1274\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/apollo-soyuz-s75-27285-large.jpg?w=1536\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"Apollo-Soyuz artwork\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/apollo-soyuz-s75-27285-large.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/apollo-soyuz-s75-27285-large.jpg?resize=300,249 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/apollo-soyuz-s75-27285-large.jpg?resize=768,637 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/apollo-soyuz-s75-27285-large.jpg?resize=1024,849 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/apollo-soyuz-s75-27285-large.jpg?resize=1536,1274 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/apollo-soyuz-s75-27285-large.jpg?resize=400,332 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/apollo-soyuz-s75-27285-large.jpg?resize=600,498 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/apollo-soyuz-s75-27285-large.jpg?resize=900,746 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/apollo-soyuz-s75-27285-large.jpg?resize=1200,995 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"padding-y-3 padding-x-3\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block padding-x-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Soyuz<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Launch:<\/b> July 15, 1975, at 8:20 a.m. EDT<br><b>Launch Site:<\/b> Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan<br><b>Flight Crew:<\/b> Alexey A. Leonov, Valery N. Kubasov<br><b>Landing:<\/b> July 21, 1975<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S75-32339\/S75-32339~large.jpg?w=1920&h=1914&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1914\" src=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S75-32339\/S75-32339~large.jpg?w=1920&h=1914&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"A Soyuz spacecraft and launch vehicle on the launch pad in Baikonur, Kazakhstan\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S75-32339\/S75-32339~large.jpg?w=1920&h=1914&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1920w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S75-32339\/S75-32339~large.jpg?w=150&h=150&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 150w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S75-32339\/S75-32339~large.jpg?w=300&h=299&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 300w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S75-32339\/S75-32339~large.jpg?w=768&h=766&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S75-32339\/S75-32339~large.jpg?w=1024&h=1021&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1024w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S75-32339\/S75-32339~large.jpg?w=1536&h=1531&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1536w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S75-32339\/S75-32339~large.jpg?w=50&h=50&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 50w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S75-32339\/S75-32339~large.jpg?w=100&h=100&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 100w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S75-32339\/S75-32339~large.jpg?w=200&h=199&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 200w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S75-32339\/S75-32339~large.jpg?w=400&h=399&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 400w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S75-32339\/S75-32339~large.jpg?w=600&h=598&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 600w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S75-32339\/S75-32339~large.jpg?w=900&h=897&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 900w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S75-32339\/S75-32339~large.jpg?w=1200&h=1196&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">S75-32339 (28 Jan. 1974) — A low-angle view of a launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan showing the installation of a Soyuz spacecraft and its launch vehicle. The 49.3-meter-high (162 feet) space vehicle is composed of the three-stage booster, a three-module, two-man Soyuz spacecraft and a launch escape system. The weight of the space vehicle at launch is approximately 300,000 kilograms.  The first stage vacuum thrust is about 1,000,400 newtons, the second stage is 956,500 newtons, and the third stage is 299,000 newtons. This earlier Soyuz mission illustrates the approximate launch configuration of the Soviet Union’s Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) Soyuz space vehicle. PHOTO COURTESY:  USSR ACADEMY OF SCIENCES<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Apollo<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Launch:<\/b> July 15, 1975, at 3:50 p.m. EDT<br><b>Launch Site:<\/b> Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, Florida<br><b>Flight Crew:<\/b> Thomas P. Stafford, Vance D. Brand, Donald K. Slayton<br><b>Landing:<\/b> July 24, 1975<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/467599main_astp13_apollo_launch_full.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/467599main_astp13_apollo_launch_full.jpg?w=2000\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/467599main_astp13_apollo_launch_full.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/467599main_astp13_apollo_launch_full.jpg?resize=300,225 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/467599main_astp13_apollo_launch_full.jpg?resize=768,576 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/467599main_astp13_apollo_launch_full.jpg?resize=1024,768 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/467599main_astp13_apollo_launch_full.jpg?resize=1536,1152 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/467599main_astp13_apollo_launch_full.jpg?resize=400,300 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/467599main_astp13_apollo_launch_full.jpg?resize=600,450 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/467599main_astp13_apollo_launch_full.jpg?resize=900,675 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/467599main_astp13_apollo_launch_full.jpg?resize=1200,900 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">The Saturn IB rocket lifts off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 15, 1975, carrying Stafford, Brand and Slayton in an Apollo capsule.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Mission<\/b> <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Docking Time:<\/b> July 17, 1975, at 12:12 p.m. EDT<br><b>Undocking Time:<\/b> July 19, 1975, at 11:26 a.m. EDT<br><b>Total Duration of Joint Activities:<\/b> 19 hours, 55 minutes<br><b>Orbital Inclination:<\/b> 51.8 degrees<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Apollo-Soyuz mission began at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Soyuz 19 launched July 15, 1975, at 8:20 a.m. EDT, carrying cosmonauts Alexey Leonov and Valery Kubasov. Hours later, Apollo followed, lifting off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at 3:50 p.m. On board were astronauts Thomas Stafford, Vance Brand and Donald Slayton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both the Soyuz and Apollo vehicles made orbital adjustments during the following two days, bringing both into a circular, 229-kilometer orbit. Hard-dock was achieved July 17 at 12:12 p.m. as the two craft soared above the Atlantic Ocean. A global audience watched on television as the historic event unfolded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hatches between the vehicles were opened at 3:17 p.m. and the two space crews warmly greeted each other, officially beginning joint activities. The astronauts and cosmonauts took congratulatory calls from Soviet Communist Party General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev and U.S. President Gerald Ford, exchanged commemorative gifts and shared a meal before closing the hatch for the day.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s75-29432\/s75-29432~large.jpg?w=1920&h=1325&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1325\" src=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s75-29432\/s75-29432~large.jpg?w=1920&h=1325&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Tom Stafford and Aleksei Leonov shake hands in space\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s75-29432\/s75-29432~large.jpg?w=1920&h=1325&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1920w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s75-29432\/s75-29432~large.jpg?w=300&h=207&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 300w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s75-29432\/s75-29432~large.jpg?w=768&h=530&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s75-29432\/s75-29432~large.jpg?w=1024&h=707&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1024w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s75-29432\/s75-29432~large.jpg?w=1536&h=1060&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1536w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s75-29432\/s75-29432~large.jpg?w=400&h=276&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 400w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s75-29432\/s75-29432~large.jpg?w=600&h=414&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 600w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s75-29432\/s75-29432~large.jpg?w=900&h=621&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 900w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s75-29432\/s75-29432~large.jpg?w=1200&h=828&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">S75-29432 (17 July 1975) — Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford (in foreground) and cosmonaut Aleksei A. Leonov make their historic handshake in space on July 17, 1975 during the joint U.S.-USSR Apollo Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) docking mission in Earth orbit. This picture was reproduced from a frame of 16mm motion picture film. The American and Soviet spacecraft were joined together in space for approximately 47 hours on July 17th, 18th, 19th, 1975. The Apollo crew consisted of astronauts Thomas P. Stafford, commander; Donald K. “Deke” Slayton, docking module pilot; Vance D. Brand, command module pilot.  The Soyuz 19 crew consisted of cosmonauts Aleksey A. Leonov, command pilot; and Valery N. Kubasov, flight engineer.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The next day was a busy one for the combined crews. Brand joined Kubasov in the Soyuz, while Leonov joined Stafford and Slayton in the Apollo. After giving TV viewers a tour of each vehicle, the crew members conducted science experiments and had lunch. Later, Kubasov and Brand left the Soyuz to join Slayton in the Apollo, leaving room for Leonov and Stafford to spend time in the Soyuz.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/ast-3-171\/ast-3-171~large.jpg?w=1920&h=1260&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1260\" src=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/ast-3-171\/ast-3-171~large.jpg?w=1920&h=1260&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Valery Kubasov signs a certificate on the joint Apollo-Soyuz mission\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/ast-3-171\/ast-3-171~large.jpg?w=1920&h=1260&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1920w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/ast-3-171\/ast-3-171~large.jpg?w=300&h=197&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 300w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/ast-3-171\/ast-3-171~large.jpg?w=768&h=504&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/ast-3-171\/ast-3-171~large.jpg?w=1024&h=672&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1024w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/ast-3-171\/ast-3-171~large.jpg?w=1536&h=1008&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1536w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/ast-3-171\/ast-3-171~large.jpg?w=400&h=263&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 400w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/ast-3-171\/ast-3-171~large.jpg?w=600&h=394&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 600w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/ast-3-171\/ast-3-171~large.jpg?w=900&h=591&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 900w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/ast-3-171\/ast-3-171~large.jpg?w=1200&h=788&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">AST-03-171 (17 July 1975) — The hands of cosmonaut Valery N. Kubasov are seen as the ASTP engineer adds his name to the signature on the Soviet side of the official joint certificate marking an historical moment during the rendezvous day of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. The left hand of astronaut Donald K. Slayton, NASA’s docking module pilot, is seen at left. The certificate had earlier been signed by astronauts Thomas P. Stafford, American crew commander; Slayton and cosmonaut Aleksey A. Leonov, Soviet crew commander, and it awaits the signature of astronaut Vance D. Brand, NASA’s command module pilot who remained in the CM while the others signed in the Soviet Orbital Module of the Soyuz.<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>By mid-afternoon, the final speeches and gift exchanges were complete, and it was time for the astronauts and cosmonauts to say goodbye. After the last handshake, the crews retreated to their spacecraft and the hatches between the two vehicles were closed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two spacecraft undocked July 19 at 8:02 a.m. As the Apollo capsule backed away, it blocked the sun from the Soyuz vehicle, creating the first human-made eclipse and enabling the cosmonauts to photograph the sun’s corona. The two spacecraft then docked once more, with final undocking at 11:26 a.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Soyuz 19 stayed in orbit an additional day to carry out life-science experiments. Its mission ended July 21 at 6:51 a.m. with a successful landing less than seven miles from its target near Baikonur Cosmodrome. Soyuz 19 marked the first Soviet mission with a televised launch and landing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Soyuz touched down, Apollo still was in orbit. The astronauts spent the extra time in space by performing space-science and Earth-observing experiments. Apollo splashed down in the Pacific Ocean west of Hawaii at 5:18 p.m. EDT on July 24. It was the last planned ocean landing for U.S. human spaceflight.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-full width-full maxw-full padding-x-3 padding-y-0 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-related-articles\">\t\t<section class=\"hds-related-articles padding-x-0 padding-y-3 desktop:padding-top-7 desktop:padding-bottom-9\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 grid-row grid-container maxw-widescreen padding-0 text-align-left\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-4\"><h2 style=\"max-width: 100%;\" class=\"width-full w-full maxw-full\">Explore More<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-container maxw-widescreen padding-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-4 margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0 desktop:padding-right-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/history\/45-years-ago-nasa-names-the-first-four-space-shuttle-crews\/\" class=\"color-carbon-black\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black minh-mobile\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1270\" src=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S78-27531\/S78-27531~large.jpg?w=1920&h=1270&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); 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Leonov, Valery N. KubasovLanding: July 21, 1975 Apollo Launch: July 15, 1975, at 3:50 p.m. EDTLaunch Site: Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, FloridaFlight Crew: Thomas P. Stafford, Vance D. Brand, Donald K. 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