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Creation Date
7-17-1975
Description
(17 July 1975) --- Astronaut Donald K. “Deke” Slayton, NASA docking module pilot, adds his name to the signature on the American side of the official joint certificate marking an historical moment during the rendezvous day of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. The left hand of cosmonaut Valerly N. Kubasov, ASTP engineer, is seen at right. The certificate had earlier been signed by astronaut Thomas P. Stafford, American crew commander; and cosmonaut Aleksey A. Leonov, Soviet crew commander, and it awaits the signature of cosmonaut; and astronaut Vance D. Brand, NASA's command module pilot who remained in the CM while the others signed in the Soviet Orbital Module of the Soyuz.
Keywords
ASTP, apollo, soyuz, apollo-soyuz, Deke Slayton, Donald Slayton, Donald K. Slayton