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On 15 July 1975, 35 years ago to the day, a Saturn I-B rocket sent an Apollo capsule into the earth's orbit with astronauts Thomas Stafford, Vance Brand and Deke Slayton on board. The three Americans had a date up above with their Soviet colleagues Alexei Leonov and Valeri Kubasov, who had set off on the same day in a Soyuz spacecraft. Their historical meeting took place on 17 July.
Photo credit: NASA

Apollo-Soyuz mission (Wikipedia)

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