1975: Apollo-Soyuz (NASA/USSR)

On July 15, 1975, the Apollo-Soyuz mission was launched, making it the first coordinated manned mission to space. The Soviet Union, which operated the Soyuz program, sent two cosmonauts. The Soviet contingent included Alexei Leonov, the first man to walk in space. Meanwhile, the United States and their Apollo program provided three astronauts in their contingent. This included Tom Stafford, one of the 24 people who ever flew to the Moon. Stafford was part of Apollo 10 in May 1969. Both space pro

On July 15, 1975, the first joint space mission between the United States and the Soviet Union blasted off into orbit. Space History Archives👉https://space-com.visitlink.me/fIzG4P They called it the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. This mission ceremoniously marked the end of the space race. First the Russian cosmonauts Alexey Leonov and Valery Kubasov lifted off from Kazakhstan. A few hours later, NASA astronauts Thomas Stafford, Vance Brand and Donald Slayton lifted off from Florida's Kennedy Space