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|  | ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZAeronauticsAnniversariesBiographiesCenters & OfficesExplorationHuman SpaceflightPhoto-VideoReferenceSatellitesSpace BiologySpace PolicySpace ScienceNASA Search: |  |  |  | **Chronology****ASTP Preflight Chronology**- 24 October 1970   American delegation met with Soviet officials in Moscow for the first talks of a joint U.S.-USSR human mission. 
- 16 January 1971   George Low, NASA Deputy Administrator, and his party arrived in Moscow to turn talks into specific proposals. 
- 24 May 1972   Nixon-Kosygin agreement-work on ASTP began. 
-                       30 June 1972   Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) became the official name of the mission. 
-                       6 July 1972                         Soviet officials arrived in Houston for talks. 
- 9-19 October 1972  U.S. and USSR representatives met in Moscow and agreed on the 15 July 1975 date.
-                       1 February 1973   Glynn Lunney, NASA Technical Director of ASTP, announced the American crewmembers. 
-                       24 May 1973                         The Soviet crew was announced by Konstantin Bushuyev. 
- 4 March 1974    NASA and the Soviet Academy of Sciences announced the selection of the emblem.
-                       22 May 1975                         Flight Readiness Review for Soviets took place in Moscow. 
-                       12 June 1975   Flight Readiness Review for Americans took place at Kennedy Space Center. 
**Timeline of ASTP Flight: 15-24 July 1975**					 All times are in Central Daylight Time (CDT), the time zone of Mission Control in Houston.     
-                  15 July                         -7:20 a.m.-Soviet launch took place.                         -2:50 p.m.-U.S. launch took place.  
-                       16 July                         -Soyuz crew broadcasted their first pictures through a color TV camera.                         -Apollo crew conducted various experiments.    
-                       17 July   -7:56 a.m.-Apollo crew attempted to radio Soyuz crew. Voice contact was established 5 minutes later.    -10:17 a.m.-A 0.9-second terminal phase engine burn brought Apollo within 35 kilometers of Soyuz.   -11:10 a.m.-The two spacecraft joined in space.  (Click here to view videos)   -2:17 p.m.-Astronaut Tom Stafford opened hatch leading into the Soyuz orbital module. Greetings and gifts were exchanged between the two crews.  -3:37 p.m.-President Ford called to hold a personal interview with the crewmembers.       -5:47pm-The two crews closed their hatches, separated, and slept after a successful day. 
-                       18 July                         -More television broadcasts occur.    	         -Crewmembers of both spacecraft take turns moving back and forth between the two spacecraft.  
-                       19 July                         -Docking exercises are performed.                          -9:25 p.m.-Russian version of "Hello Darlin'" song is played.  (Click here to read the story)                         -10:17 p.m.-The two spacecraft undock. 
-                       20 July                         -Independent activities occur. 
-                       21 July                         -Soviet Soyuz module landed in Kazakhstan.                          -5:51 a.m.-Valeriy Kubasov is the first to exit the craft.                         -The American crew continues to conduct experiments until July 23.  
-                       24 July   -4:18 p.m.-Apollo splashes down 7,300 meters from the recovery ship New Orleans.   -The failure to throw the Earth Landing System switches led to a two-week hospital stay for the Apollo crew after breathing noxious gases. They fully recovered. |  |
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