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Creation Date
5-22-1975
Description
May 22, 1975
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, HOUSON, TEXAS
ASTP PLAQUE – Cosmonaut Aleksey A. Leonov (on left) and Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford display the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project commemorative plaque. The two commanders of their respective crews are in the Apollo Command Module trainer in Building 35 at the Johnson Space Center. Two plaques divided into four quarters each will be flown on the ASTP mission. The American ASTP crew will carry the four U. S. quarter pieces aboard Apollo, and the Soviet ASTP crew will carry the four USSR quarter sections aboard Soyuz. The eight quarter pieces will be joined together to form two complete commemorative plaques after the two spacecraft rendezvous and dock in Earth orbit. One complete plaque will be returned to Earth by the astronauts, and the other complete plaque will be brought back by the cosmonauts. The plaque is written in both English and Russian.
Keywords
ASTP, Plaque, Apollo, Soyuz, Apollo Soyuz Test Project, JSC, Johnson Space Center