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For the first time, the Soviet Union publicly announced the crew assignments for a Soyuz mission before the flight. Previously, cosmonaut identities were kept secret until after their flights.
ASTP Crew
ASTP Display at 1973 Paris Air Show
Snowball Flight at Star City
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According to George Low, the Soviet mission operations control room was quite large – it contained 16 two-man consoles, thus allowing them 32 flight controllers. In addition, there was a back row of consoles which were used for personnel such as the project technical director; this back row was also a work station for display controllers who control the main display boards in the front of the room.
Cosmonaut Training Center at Star City
Star City Location in Relation to Moscow
Soviet manned space mission control in Kaliningrad. Credit Getty Images
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In April of 1972, George Low returned to Washington from Moscow and briefed Henry Kissinger. He conveyed NASA’s assessment that a joint space mission in 1975 was feasible.
Nixon-Kosygin Summit
Soviet 2/5 Scale Model of ASTP Docking System
Apollo Communications Links
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In a re-evaluation of the proposed test mission, the Soviets concluded that utilizing the Salyut spacecraft would not be technically and economically viable.
Alexey Petrov
Konstantin Bushuyev
Vladimir Kotelnikov
