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Firsts and lasts in joint Soviet American space flight
The Apollo Soyuz link will mark multiple firsts and lasts in space history. NASA outlines new docking tech, live Soviet news coverage, Baikonur access for Americans, and a shift toward the Space Shuttle era with international cooperation. Slayton and other Mercury veterans reflect on past flights and future space cooperation.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
U.S
Cape Area
Richard M. Nixon
Alexei Kosygin
Apollo
Soyuz
Moscow
Houston
Johnson Space Center
Baikonur Cosmodrome
Baikonur
Space Agency
Soviet Union
Walter Stoessel
Thomas P. Stafford
Vance D. Brand
Donald K. Slayton
Earth
Apollo-Soyuz
Stafford
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Cape-Baikonur
Alan 8. Shepard
John H. Glenn
Virgil I. Grissom
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
L. Gordon Cooper
Walter M. Shirra
Slayton
Glenn
Mercury
Gemini
Mars