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NASA HQ Archives

Apollo Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) Subject Files 

Series Title: Human Spaceflight; Apollo Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) Subject Files

Extent: 6 feet, 4 inches

Box Count: 18 boxes 

Inclusive dates: 1964 – 2000 

Location: 5/3/4 – 5/3/6

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Media Type: Textual, photographic, and electronic 

Access Restrictions 

None. 

Use Restrictions 

Most government records are in the public domain, however, this series includes commercial 

materials, such as newspaper clippings, that may be subject to copyright restrictions. 

Researchers should contact the copyright holder for information. 

Copy Status: Research, Use and Preservation 

Preferred Citation

 

Spaceflight; Human Spaceflight; Apollo Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) Subject Files. [Box 

Number], [Folder Title], [Document Title] NASA HQ Archives [Reference URL if required]

Series Description 

This series consists of Apollo Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) files collected by the National 

Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Headquarters archivists for inclusion in the 

Historical Reference Collection. Records contain materials collected from the Office of Manned 

Space Flight (OMSF), contractor historians, and NASA retirees. Specifically, this series 
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contains correspondence files; reports; speeches; congressional briefings and budget files; 

photographs; Apollo Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) flight; international cooperation; astronaut 

training; Soviet Soyuz spacecraft; and Apollo spacecraft.

General Notes 

NASA official records relating to the Apollo Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) are held in the National 

Archives at College Park, MD (HQ); Atlanta, GA (MSFC, KSC, MTF, and MAF); and Ft. 

Worth, TX (MSC/JSC). Significant ASTP documentation can also be found in the State 

Department official records at the National Archives in College Park, MD; and the George M. 

Low Papers at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy, NY.

Keywords: Apollo Soyuz Test Project (ASTP); international cooperation; Soyuz spacecraft; 

Apollo spacecraft; astronaut training; spacecraft docking; space, impact on society; Apollo Soyuz 

Test Project (ASTP) costs; Saturn 1B launch vehicle; biomedical research; earth observation; 

program management; spacecraft recovery; Donald K. (“Deke”) Slayton; Thomas P. Stafford; 

Valeriy N. Kubasov; Aleksei A. Leonov; Alan L. Bean; Chester M. Lee; Vance D. Brand; 

Konstantin D. Bushuyev; James C. Fletcher; and George M. Low.

Box and folder list 

Box 1 

Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) Photos (I) 

Box 2 

Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) Photos (II) 

Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) Photos (III) 

Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) Photos (IV) 

Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) Photos (V) 

Box 3 

ASTP Washington Visit (Photos) 

ASTP US Tour (1970) Photos 

ASTP – TASS USSR Photos

SP-4209 ASTP History Illustrations 

Apollo-Soyuz Photos & Photographic Index 

ASTP Costs

Box 4 

Apollo/Soyuz Test Project Photographs 

ASTP Inception – 1971 

ASTP Moscow Agreement, 1972 

Box 5 
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ASTP 1972-1973 

Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) Daily log of science exp. 

ASTP Jan – Mar 1975 

Box 6 

ASTP 1974 

ASTP Apr – Jun 1975 

ASTP July 1975 

Box 7 

ASTP Experiments

ASTP/DOD Press Kit

ASTP/Contractor Press Kits 

ASTP Docking Adapter 

ASTP Link-up Official 

ASTP Flight Official

US/USSR ASTP Agreements (4/72, 5/72) 

Box 8 

ASTP Pre-Flight News clippings 

ASTP Flight Newspapers

Current News July 1975 

ASTP Recovery Newspapers

ASTP Post-Flight Newspapers 

ASTP Current News Special Pt. 1

ASTP Post-Flight Official

ASTP Recovery Official 

Post-Launch Press Conf. (8/9/75) 

Box 9 

Impact: ASTP/Philatelic

ASTP/USSR Tour September 1975 

ASTP/USA Tour October 1975 

Apollo Soyuz Test Project Joint Tour Press Kit

ASTP 10th Anniversary (7/85) 

ASTP (1990) 15th Anniversary 

Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) 25th Anniversary 

ASTP 30th Anniversary 

“Soyuz-Apollo” – Rebrov/Gil’berg 

ASTP Guest Lists / Press Reg.

ASTP/KSC Lessons Learned (1975) 

ASTP Congressional Reception

Box 10 

ASTP Sace Suit [Space]

ASTP Goddard/Tsiolkovsky Reports 
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ASTP Press Passes

ASTP-US/USSR Meeting (11/29-12/6, 1971) 

ASTP Lessons Learned

ASTP Technology Transfer

ASTP Rockwell Press Releases

ASTP – Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel 

Box 11 

ASTP – Misc.

ASTP Astronauts 

Crews, American, ASTP 

Crews, Soviet, ASTP 

Cosmonauts, Russian, Other 

LeBaron HHN-w/comments

ASTP – General Presentation Material

ASTP – Press Conferences 

Box 12 

Apollo – Soyuz 

ASTP – Working Group Meetings

ASTP Joint Crew Activities Plan

ASTP – 7th Aerospace Mechanisms Symp. [Symposium] 

ASTP – Misc. Publications 

ASTP Impact of 

Second ASTP Missions

Box 13 

ASTP Glossary Jan 15, 1973 

ASTP Project Technical Proposal Jul 17, 1972 

Mission Implementation Plan for the ASTP Mission Revision I Apr 1974 

ASTP Public Information Plan Part I Sept 17, 1974 

ASTP Final Flight Plan May 15, 1975 

ASTP CS/CM & DM System Handbook (Aug. 1, 1974) 

ASTP Flight Readiness Review May 1975 

Box 14 

ASTP Press Kit (U.S.) 1975 

ASTP U.S. DoD Press Kits

ASTP Press Bulletins 1975 

ASTP Press Information (U.S.) 1975 

ASTP Press Information (Rus.) 1975 

ASTP Press Notebook 1975 

ASTP Rockwell International Press Releases 1974-1975 

Box 15 
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ASTP Press Briefings (Part I) 

ASTP Press Briefings (Part II) 

ASTP Press Briefings (Part III) 

Box 16 

ASTP Mission Commentary (Part I) 

ASTP Mission Commentary (Part II) 

Box 17 

ASTP Mission Commentary (Part III) 

(JSC-10607) ASTP Mission Evaluation Report (Dec. 1975) 

ASTP Mission Report Nov 17, 1975 

ASTP World Record Request to FAI 1975 

Box 18 

ASTP Preliminary Science Report 1976 

Astronaut Observations from the Apollo-Soyuz Mission 1977 

Catalog of Earth Photographs from the Apollo Soyuz