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Creation Date
3-15-1975
Description
Apollo-Soyuz
On exhibit are full-scale units of the 1975 Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP), the United States/Soviet Union program to develop and test a common docking system for spacecraft; the first time manned spacecraft of two nations met in Space. On the left is the Apollo command and service module, in the center is the docking module, and on the right is the Soyuz spacecraft, including the spherical orbital module and the bell-shaped descent module.
Total length: 20.4 m (67 ft)
Total weight on Earth: 39,400 kg (86,900 lb)