Illustration of the Soviet Soyuz 19 spacecraft (right) and the US Apollo spacecraft (left) about to dock in Earth orbit during the Apollo Soyuz Test Project (ASTP). The ASTP mission was the first joint international crewed space-flight. It took place from 15-24th July 1975. A Soviet Soyuz 19 and American Apollo CSM-111 spacecraft docked in orbit on 17th July to test a jointly-designed international docking mechanism.

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