Apollo-Soyuz 1975: Stafford and Leonov's Historic Handshake in Orbit
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Cold War rivals met in orbit. In 1975, Apollo and Soyuz docked as Thomas Stafford and Alexei Leonov shook hands before a billion viewers. Relive the first international space rendezvous at the height of détente. From Nixon and Brezhnev’s 1972 SALT-1 groundwork to the public reveal at the 1973 Paris Air Show, this film follows how two competing programs aligned for a single mission. Meet commanders Thomas Stafford and Alexei Leonov, with crewmates Vance Brand and Deke Slayton, as they trained, learned each other’s language, and navigated KGB and CIA scrutiny to make cooperation possible. Discover why the mission mattered beyond symbolism: proving two nations could build a compatible docking system so one spacecraft could aid another in orbit. Witness the dual launches from Baikonur and Cape
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