Apollo CSM-111 in orbit, astronaut photograph. View of the US Apollo CSM-111 space-craft as seen from the Russian Soyuz spacecraft in Earth orbit duri

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Apollo CSM-111 in orbit, astronaut photograph. View of the US Apollo CSM-111 space-craft as seen from the Russian Soyuz spacecraft in Earth orbit during the Apollo Soyuz Test Project (ASTP). The ASTP mission was the first joint international manned space-flight. It took place from 15-24th July 1975. The Russian Soyuz 19 and American Apollo CSM-111 spacecraft docked in orbit on 17th July to test a jointly-designed international docking mechanism. Photographed by the Apollo crew, in July 1975.

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Photo credit: © NASA/USSR ACADEMY OF SCIENCES/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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