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Apollo–Soyuz was the first crewed international space mission, conducted jointly by the United States and the Soviet Union in July 1975. Millions watched on television as an American Apollo spacecraft docked with a Soviet Soyuz capsule. The mission and its symbolic "handshake in space" became an emblem of détente during the Cold War.
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Launch
- Launch date
- July 15, 1975 at 07:50 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Saturn IB →
- Operator
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Mission
- Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
- Launch record
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Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 222 km
- Periapsis
- 201 km
- Inclination
- 51.77°
- Orbital period
- 88.72 min
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1975-066A
- NORAD catalog №
- 8032
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- July 24, 1975
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- July 24, 1975
- Time in service
- 9 days
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed