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24 October
1970
American delegation
met with Soviet officials in Moscow for the first talks of a cooperative
international human mission
16 January
1971
George Low,
NASA Deputy Administrator, and his party arrived in Moscow to turn talks
into specific proposals
24 May 1972
Nixon-Kosygin
agreement—work on ASTP began
30 June 1972
Apollo-Soyuz
Test Project became official name of mission
6 July 1972
Soviet officials
arrived in Houston for talks
1 February
1973
Glynn Lunney,
NASA Manager of ASTP, announced the American crewmembers
24 May 1973
Soviet crew
was announced
22 May 1975
Flight Readiness
Review for Soviets took place in Moscow
12 June 1975
Flight Readiness
Review for Americans took place at Kennedy Space Center
Timeline
of ASTP Flight: July 15-24, 1975
(All times
are given as local time to respective area: Central Daylight Time (CDT)
or Soyuz Ground Elapsed Time (SGET).
15 July
-Soviet launch—3:20pm
(7:20:10am CDT).
-U.S. launch—2:50pm
(10:50pm SGET).
16 July
-Soyuz crew
broadcasted their first pictures through a color TV camera.
-Apollo crew
conducted various experiments
17 July
-7:56am—Apollo
crew attempted to radio Soyuz crew. Voice contact established five minutes
later.
-10:17am—An
0.9-second terminal phase engine burn brought Apollo within 35 kilometers
of Soyuz.
-11:10am—The
two spacecraft joined
-2:17pm—Astronaut
Tom Stafford opened hatch leading into the Soyuz orbital module. Greetings
and gifts were exchanged between the two crews. President Ford called to
hold personal a interview with the crewmembers.
-5:47pm—The
two crews separated, closed their hatches, and slept after a successful
day
18 July
-More television
broadcasts occur.
-Crewmembers
of both spacecraft take turns moving back and forth between the two spacecraft.
19 July
-Docking exercises
are performed.
-9:25 pm CDT
Russian version of "Hello Darlin'" song is played
-10:17 pm CDT
Two spacecraft undock
20 July
-Independent
activities occur.
21 July
-Soviet Soyuz
module landed in Kazakhstan.
-5:51pm—Valeriy
Kubasov is the first to exit the craft.
-The American
crew continues to conduct experiments July 21-23.
24 July
-4:18pm—Apollo
splashdown 7,300 meters from recovery ship New Orleans.
-The failure
to throw the Earth Landing System switches led to a two-week hospital stay
for the Apollo crew after breathing noxious gases. They fully recover.
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