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July 17, 2012 By

Apollo-Soyuz Test Project

Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford (in foreground) and Cosmonaut Aleksey A. Leonov make their historic handshake in space on July 17, 1975 during the joint U.S.-USSR Apollo Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) docking in Earth orbit mission

An odd collaborative moment in the history of space exploration.

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January 14, 2009 By

Astro-philatelics, part 47

A historic linkup in 1975, despite a very Cold War.

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October 1, 2008 By

Astro-philatelics, part 33

Moonwalkers, cooperative rival hand-shakers… Djibouti SALUTES YOU.

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