In an unpredictable era that has seen the Cold War rekindled, it's worth remembering a remarkable event that took place 50 years ago when the first crewed international space mission, carried out ...

The Apollo-Soyuz mission was nothing if not historic, but also more relevant than ever as more nations become spacefaring. Continue reading “The Day The Russians And Americans Met 135 Miles Up ...

During the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project flight in 1975, Leonov drew portraits of his Apollo astronaut counterparts. Voskhod 2 – the first spacewalk: The noted and sad irony that the first person to ...

I was 20 years old and a member of the 7th Cavalry near the DMZ in South Korea when the first Space Shuttle was launched in 1981. The launch took place, not intentionally, on the 20th anniversary ...

Produced by NASA contractor Rockwell International this circa 1978 film was made shortly before the successful ApolloSoyuz space mission It is followed by a second film SPACESHIP EARTH showing ...

In April, North Vietnamese troops capture Saigon, ending the Vietnam War. Five astronauts and cosmonauts participated in the July 1975 Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, the first international joint human ...

I can say with complete confidence that if [chief designer for spacecraft] Sergei Pavlovich Korolev were alive, we would have flown around the moon six months ahead of Apollo 8." Soyuz design ...