(WHTM) On July 15, 1975, two rockets blasted off into space. The Soviet Union’s Soyuz 19 launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 8:20 a.m. EDT, carrying cosmonauts Alexey Leonov and Valery ...

On this date in 1975, a Soviet and an American shook hands. Even for the time period, this wouldn’t have been a big deal if it wasn’t for the fact that it happened approximately 220 kilometers (136 ...

NASA Television will provide live coverage as the next residents of the International Space Station launch and arrive at the station to expand its crew to six people. Coverage begins May 15 when the ...

Click to open image viewer. This medal commemorates the first international manned spaceflight mission. In July 1975, two manned spacecraft were launched into Earth orbit--one from Kazakhstan, the ...

On July 17, 1975, a U.S. astronaut and Soviet cosmonaut shook hands in space during the Apollo-Soyuz mission, the culmination of years of diplomatic and technical work during the height of the Cold ...

Paul Calle thought he had represented the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. I have to admit that I don't really care for the sketch either. It seems very 'things askew, things aligned, things on top of each ...

WEATHERFORD, Okla. (KFOR) – When astronaut Tom Stafford and cosmonaut Aleksey Leonov opened a hatch connecting their two spacecraft in July of 1975, it marked the first of what would become many joint ...