Apollo-Soyuz Docks: Cold War Rivals Unite in Space
American Apollo and Soviet Soyuz spacecraft docked in orbit, creating the first physical link between rival superpowers' space programs. This handshake in space immediately thawed Cold War tensions enough to launch a decade of joint scientific cooperation and establish protocols for future international rescue missions.
July 17, 1975
51 years ago
Key Figures & Places
Apollo program
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Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
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Soyuz spacecraft
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Soyuz spacecraft
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Apollo–Soyuz Test Project
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Apollo–Soyuz
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Apollo program
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Soyuz (spacecraft)
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Orbit
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Apolo
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Spacecraft
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Space Race
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Space rendezvous
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Programme spatial des États-Unis
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Soviet space program
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