Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, 50 Kopeks

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Object Details

Astronaut

Aleksei Arkhipovich Leonov

Donald K. Slayton

Thomas P. Stafford

Valerii Kubasov, 1935-2014

Vance D. Brand

Summary

This stamp pictures the crew of the July 1975 Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP). During that mission Amercan astronauts Thomas Stafford, Vance Brand, and Deke Slayton, docked their Apollo spacecraft with the Soviet Soyuz craft that carried Aleksei Leonov and Valeri Kubasov. ASTP was the first joint international human spaceflight mission. There was not another one similar for nearly 20 years. The 50 kopek stamp features a group portrait of the American and Soviet crews as par of the frame which also includes autographs of all the participants. The actual stamp includes a drawing of the Soviet mission control center outside Moscow.

Staff of the USSR Embassy in Washington, D.C. presented this stamp to the museum in1978.

Credit Line

Gift of USSR Embassy

Inventory Number

A19780352000

Restrictions & Rights

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Type

LITERATURE AND RESEARCH-Philately

Materials

paper, ink and glue

Dimensions

2-D - Unframed (H x W): 12.1 x 9.5cm (4 3/4 x 3 3/4 in.)

Country of Origin

USSR

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Data Source

National Air and Space Museum

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv942bc38c4-3952-4dbb-8de0-26a2d16cda5d

Record ID

nasm_A19780352000