ASTP U.S. Status Report, April 1974

Duration: 14:05

Year Published: 1974

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: This government film gives a thorough review of progress made towards the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) by April 1974. Produced for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the report focuses on American efforts, including testing of docking and communication systems as well as the manufacture of docking modules. All testing procedures take place at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, with Soviet scientists and engineers joining NASA personnel at the facility. 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.