Tag: Dmitriy Ustinov

Adversaries’ Handshake in Space Leads to Decades of Cooperation

Adversaries’ Handshake in Space Leads to Decades of Cooperation

In the summer of 1975, 50 years ago, millions around the world watched an event that would have been unthinkable only a few years earlier. An American Apollo spacecraft docked with a Soviet Soyuz capsule leading to a handshake in Earth orbit. As the first international space mission, the Apollo Soyuz Test Project led to extensive cooperation ongoing today.