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Apollo-Soyuz: T. Stafford and cosmonaut A. Leonov handshake

by

Nasa/Novapix

Reference

e-asy00-30008

Date

2006-08-24

Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford (in foreground) and Cosmonaut Aleksey A. Leonov make their historic handshake in space on July 17, 1975 during the joint U.S.-USSR Apollo Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) docking in Earth orbit mission. This picture was made from a frame of 16mm motion picture film.