Apollo ASTP                            MANNED FLIGHT                              USA

Tom P. Stafford

Commander

LAUNCH :

19.50 GMT

Cape Canaveral

Florida / USA

Launch pad 39-B

Jul.15 / 1975

11.24.05

19:57:23

SPACECRAFT :

Apollo CSM (ASTP)

LAUNCH VEHICLE :

Saturn IB

LANDING :

21.18 GMT

(USS New Orleans)

near Hawaii

Pacific Ocean

Jul.24 / 1975

designed by :     Michael May         copyright  2005

MANNEDSPACEFLIGHT    CHRONOLOGY

Flight no.  055

FLIGHT DATA :

Inclination

51.76°

Altitude

170/228 km

Duration

9d01h28m

Orbits

138

Vance D. Brand

Pilot

First US-soviet joint mission and docking of two different nation spaecrafts. Crew rotation during docked flight with Soyuz 19. Second short time docking using Soyuz as aktive part. Several experiments during inflight activitations were conducted

Apollo ASTP seen from Soyuz spacecraft

Donald K. Slayton

Docking Modul Pilot

MANNED SPACE FLIGHT    1960´s   1970´s   

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credit: NASA

Docking to :

Soyuz 19