An interior view of the Soyuz orbital module mock-up in Building 35 during the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project joint crew training at NASA's Johnson Space Center in February 1975. The ASTP crewmen are astronaut Vance D. Brand (on left), command module pilot of the American ASTP prime crew; and cosmonaut Valeriy N. Kubasov, engineer. NASA photo.
By Stephen Buono, Jake Hecla, Vladimir Kobezskii, Julien de Troullioud de Lanversin, Katie Mummah, July 21, 2021
An interior view of the Soyuz orbital module mock-up in Building 35 during the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project joint crew training at NASA's Johnson Space Center in February 1975. The ASTP crewmen are astronaut Vance D. Brand (on left), command module pilot of the American ASTP prime crew; and cosmonaut Valeriy N. Kubasov, engineer. NASA photo.
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I understand that Kennedy was considering US-Soviet cooperation in space before his assassination. I wonder how that would’ve gone.