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

author: Nasa/Novapix

reference: e-asy00-30008

Image Size 300 DPI: 43 * 33 cm

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.

Keywords for this photo:

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