ASTP Status Report, January 1975

Duration: 13:29

Year Published: 19741975

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: Produced for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, this government film reviews the progress made towards the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) by January 1975. Beyond reviewing the development and testing of flight hardware, this report also includes coverage of joint training sessions. In September 1974, Soviet flight crews traveled to Johnson Space Center in Houston to acquaint themselves with Apollo systems and practice crew transfer procedures. (The American crews traveled to Moscow for similar training in July.) Throughout, the film highlights the exchange of knowledge between the United States and the Soviet Union, from the collaboration of personnel to the sharing of language. Conducted in July 1975, the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project was the first international manned space mission, involving the docking of an American Apollo spacecraft with a Soviet Soyuz one.