Apollo–Soyuz Test Project

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The Apollo–Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) (Russian: Экспериментальный полёт «Союз» — «Аполлон» Eksperimantalniy polyot Soyuz-Apollon lit. Experimental flight Soyuz-Apollo) conducted in July 1975 was the first joint U.S.–Soviet space flight and the last flight of an Apollo spacecraft.

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distance traveled (km)

3.9e+09, 5.99e+09

mission duration (μ)

513000.0, 782880.0

booster

Saturn IB, Soyuz-U

call sign

( - Union)

command module

CSM-111

crew size

2, 3

landing date

1975-07-21, 1975-07-24

launch date

1975-07-15

launch pad

Kennedy Space Center, Gagarin's Start, Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic

next mission

Soyuz 20, Approach and Landing Tests

number of orbits

96, 148

orbital inclination

51.75, 51.76

previous mission

Skylab 4, Soyuz 18

latitude

21.8667

longitude

-162.75