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Apollo-Soyuz: Soyuz above earth

auteur: Nasa/Novapix

référence: e-asy00-30003

Image Size 300 DPI: 18 * 17 cm

This scene was photographed with a handheld 70mm camera from a rendezvous window of the American Apollo spacecraft in Earth orbit during the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) mission. It shows the Soviet Soyuz spacecraft contrasted against a black-sky background with the Earth's horizon below. ASTP was a cooperative space mission between the United States and the USSR. The goals of ASTP were to test the ability of American and Soviet spacecraft to rendezvous and dock in space and to open the doors to possible international rescue missions and future collaboration on manned spaceflights. July 17 1975

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1975 - APOLLO - APOLLO-SOYUZ - ASTP - CLOUD - EARTH - EARTH FROM SPACE - HORIZON - LIMB - MANNED SPACEFLIGHT - RENDEZVOUS - SOYUZ - SPACE - SPACESHIP - WINDOW -