Feb 21

Space Rocket History #458 – Apollo-Soyuz Test Project – Final Training & Tang Ceremony

Eight cosmonauts arrived in Washington, D.C. on February 7th, 1975 to start their final training session in the U.S. as the technical specialists argued whether the spacecraft was ready or not.

ASTP Cosmonauts visit Disney World

Leonov enters the Apollo Command Module

ASTP Soyuz Spacecraft being readied for the mission

Nov 08

Space Rocket History #451 – Apollo-Soyuz Test Project – No More Salyut?

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