The goals and program of the mission are described. Operations from preflight crew training through splashdown are included. Spacecraft and launch vehicle configurations are given. The 27 joint and unilateral experiments to be performed are described. A flight plan and a schedule of activities is included, together with brief crew biographies. The ground support system is discussed; it includes control centers in Houston and Moscow, and an ATS satellite to relay ground-air-ground communications. The global tracking network and the television transmission system are also described.


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    Title :

    Apollo Soyuz test project press kit: USA-USSR


    Publication date :

    1975-06-10


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English