This emblem, designed by the Soviets, was commissioned by NASA to mark the first international manned space flight. The five-year program was conducted to establish space rescue techniques for the USA and the USSR, conduct scientific experiments, and to study the feasibility of more ambitious joint future projects. This mission marked the first major cooperation between the only two nations then engaged in manned space flight. It was the first meeting of two manned spacecraft of different nations in space. The flight established workable joint docking mechanisms, thus taking the firsts steps toward developing mutual space rescue capabilities.
Apollo Soyuz Test July 15, 1975 at 3:50 PM EDT Launch Vehicle: Saturn 1B Crew: Commander: Thomas P. Stafford DockingModule Pilot: Donald K. Slayton, Command Module Pilot: Vance D. Brand,USSR Commander: Aleksey A. Leonov, Flight Engineer: Valery N. Kubasov
Apollo 15 is an October 1971 Lunar mission by NASA to scout for a permanent moon base. Edward Baldwin was initially removed from the program after leaking his comments to the press. However, he was let back onto the mission after testifying to congress. Gordo Stevens was promised a spot in Apollo 15 if he complied to his wife joining the program. However, he was later replaced by Molly Cobb, who succeeded in finding ice on the moon. The third crew member and Command module pilot was Frank Sedgewick.
The Command and Service Module of Apollo 15 was called Endeavour while the Lunar Module was called Seahawk. Seahawk landed on the rim of the Shackelton Crater; its landing location was close to the future location of the Jamestown Moon base.
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