Human Spaceflights

International Flight No. 55

ASTP

USA

Patch ASTP ASTP project patch

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Funny ASTP patch

Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:  15.07.1975
Launch time:  19:50 UTC
Launch site:  Cape Canaveral
Launch pad:  39-B
Altitude:  170 - 228 km
Declination:  51,76°
Docking Soyuz 19:  17.07.1975, 16:09:09 UTC
Undocking Soyuz 19:  19.07.1975, 15:26:12 UTC
Landing date:  24.07.1975
Landing time:  21:18 UTC
Landing site:  21° 52' N, 162° 45' W

walkout photo

ASTP crew

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Crew

No.   Surname Given names Position Flight No. Duration Orbits
1 USA  Stafford  Thomas Patten "Tom"  CDR 4 9d 01h 28m  138 
2 USA  Brand  Vance DeVoe  PLT 1 9d 01h 28m  138 
3 USA  Slayton  Donald Kent "Deke"  DMP 1 9d 01h 28m  138 

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1  Stafford
2  Brand
3  Slayton
Apollo Command and Service Module
Landing
1  Brand
2  Stafford
3  Slayton

Backup Crew

No.   Surname Given names Position
1 USA  Bean  Alan LaVern  CDR
2 USA  Evans  Ronald Ellwin, Jr. "Ron"  PLT
3 USA  Lousma  Jack Robert  CMP
Crew ASTP (prime, backup and support)

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Flight

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.

Photos / Drawings

Apollo Soyuz Test Project Apollo Command Module
Apollo control panel Crews Apollo Soyuz Test Project
crew in training ASTP rollout
ASTP on launch pad ASTP launch
Soyuz 19 ASTP: Meeting in space (Leonov and Slayton)
ASTP landing ASTP recovery

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