Launch from Cape Canaveral; landing in the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii; first U.S.-U.S.S.R joint manned mission Apollo-Soyuz.

Docking with Soyuz 19; docking adapter had been carried through Apollo. It was the first docking in space history between two spacecraft launched from different countries. 44 hours of docked joint activities which included 4 crew transfers between the Apollo and the Soyuz. After seperation of the spacecrafts second docking with Soyuz 19 as the active spacecraft, but no more crew transfers. After final separating the Apollo crew accomplished 23 different scientific experiments, as earth observation, experiments in the multipurpose furnace (MA-010), extreme ultraviolet surveying (MA-083), crystal growth (MA-085), a helium glow experiment (MA-088), a doppler tracking experiment (MA-089) and geodynamics experiment (MA-128).

During landing phase health risk for the astronauts because of poison gas. The recovery ship was the USS New Orleans. This was the last NASA mission for several years. The Apollo program ended.