Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
The jointly managed U.S.-Soviet Apollo-Soyuz effort, established through the 1972 space-cooperation agreement and culminating in the 1975 first international crewed spacecraft docking. The project coordinated two national launches, mission-specific rendezvous and docking systems, a docking module and airlock, joint crew training and control simulations, shared experiments, and linked mission operations.
Identity
- Aliases
- Apollo-SoyuzApollo SoyuzASTP
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Name
- Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
- Status
- completed
- Types
- developmentoperationsresearchexploration
Details
- Description
- The jointly managed U.S.-Soviet Apollo-Soyuz effort, established through the 1972 space-cooperation agreement and culminating in the 1975 first international crewed spacecraft docking. The project coordinated two national launches, mission-specific rendezvous and docking systems, a docking module and airlock, joint crew training and control simulations, shared experiments, and linked mission operations.
- End Date
- 1975-07-24
- Leads
- Participants
- -
- Start Date
- 1972-05-24
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 1, 2026 at 07:56:07 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 23, 2026 at 00:05:50 UTC
- Image
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Other
- Official Urls
- https://www.nasa.gov/apollo-soyuz-test-project/https://www.nasa.gov/history/the-apollo-soyuz-test-project-success-achieved-for-first-rendezvous-and-docking-of-two-nations-spacecraft-in-space/https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19790001903https://www.nasa.gov/history/50-years-ago-nasa-names-u-s-crew-for-the-apollo-soyuz-test-project/