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Space Rocket History #455 – Apollo-Soyuz Test Project – Spacecraft Orientation
The American astronauts acknowledged the necessity of enhancing their Russian language proficiency. They observed that their Russian counterparts, had...
Space Rocket History #454 – Apollo-Soyuz Test Project – Astronauts & Cosmonauts
For the first time, the Soviet Union publicly announced the crew assignments for a Soyuz mission before the flight. Previously, cosmonaut identities...
Space Rocket History #453 – Apollo-Soyuz Test Project – Mid-term Review
According to George Low, the Soviet mission operations control room was quite large – it contained 16 two-man consoles, thus allowing them 32 flight...
Space Rocket History #452 – Apollo-Soyuz Test Project – Full Speed Ahead
In April of 1972, George Low returned to Washington from Moscow and briefed Henry Kissinger. He conveyed NASA’s assessment that a joint space mission...
Space Rocket History #451 – Apollo-Soyuz Test Project – No More Salyut?
In a re-evaluation of the proposed test mission, the Soviets concluded that utilizing the Salyut spacecraft would not be technically and economically...
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