Tag: Vladimir Titov

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.

American-Developed Abort System Helped Save a Russian Space Crew

American-Developed Abort System Helped Save a Russian Space Crew

Spaceflight is inherently dangerous. From the earliest days of designing spacecraft for crews, engineers have looked for ways astronauts could be rescued in the event of a mishap involving the rocket. An American-developed option — a launch escape system, or escape tower – was copied by the Soviet Union and it saved the lives of two Russian cosmonauts.