Posted on June 6, 2025
Due to the deterioration of relations between the United States and the Soviet Union in the late 1970s, no follow-on missions to ASTP took place. A backup Apollo spacecraft and Saturn IB rocket were available and there were some discussions of possib...
P3-crewmembers pose with the Apollo Command Module from their mission
P2-President Ford at the White House during the tour of the United States
P1-Stafford, Leonov, Brand, Kubasov, and Slayton in Moscow during the tour of the Soviet Union
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