--- title: Apollo-Soyuz: See Photos From the Historic Mission description: Witness the pivotal U.S.-Soviet mission that paved the way for greater international partnerships canonical: https://time.com/3962839/apollo-soyuz-mission-photos/ author: Jonathan Woods article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-07-17T17:29:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:02:25.490Z article:section: Science og:title: See Photos From the Historic Apollo-Soyuz Mission og:description: Witness the pivotal U.S.-Soviet mission that paved the way for greater international partnerships og:url: https://time.com/3962839/apollo-soyuz-mission-photos/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt378c95f030727491/69885b6ccd68489b960a0dbc/apollo-soyuz-anniversary-0006.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2168 og:image:height: 1220 og:image:alt: American astronaut Deke Slayton and Russian cosmonaut Alexei Leonov during the US-Soviet Apollo-Soyuz linkup. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See Photos From the Historic Apollo-Soyuz Mission twitter:description: Witness the pivotal U.S.-Soviet mission that paved the way for greater international partnerships twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt378c95f030727491/69885b6ccd68489b960a0dbc/apollo-soyuz-anniversary-0006.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # See Photos From the Historic Apollo-Soyuz Mission > Sponsored content. 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NASA  by [Jonathan Woods](https://time.com/author/jonathan-d-woods/)  ## Jonathan Woods Jul 17, 2015 5:29 PM UTC  This artist's concept illustrates the Apollo-type spacecraft about to dock with a Soviet Soyuz-type spacecraft (right). NASA  President Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin sign an agreement in May of 1972 that paved the way for the Apollo–Soyuz mission. NASA  The U.S.-USSR crew for the 1975 Apollo Soyuz Test Project mission: astronaut Tom Stafford (standing on left), commander of the American crew; cosmonaut Alexei Leonov (standing on right), commander of the Soviet crew; astronaut Donald Slayton (seated on left), docking module pilot of the American crew; astronaut Vance Brand (seated in center), command module pilot of the American crew; and cosmonaut Valeriy Kubasov (seated on right), engineer on the Soviet crew. NASA  The Soviet Soyuz launch vehicle leaves from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Roscosmos  The Saturn IB launch vehicle lifts the American crew into orbit on July 15, 1975. NASA  Activity inside Mission Control in Houston during the Apollo Soyuz Test Project docking mission. NASA  American astronauts Tom Stafford and Deke Slayton hold tubes of vodka given to them by Russian cosmonauts during their historic rendezvous and linkup of Apollo and Soyuz spacecraft. NASA  The American Apollo spacecraft as seen in Earth orbit from the Soviet Soyuz 19 spacecraft during the joint U.S.-USSR Apollo Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) mission. Roscosmos  The Soviet Soyuz spacecraft approaches the Apollo for linkup in space, the first rendezvous and docking of vessels from different nations. NASA—NASA  Astronaut Tom Stafford (in foreground) and cosmonaut Alexei Leonov make their historic handshake in space on July 17, 1975. NASA  President Gerald R. Ford watches crewmen Tom Stafford, Donald Slayton and Valeriy Kubasov on a television as he talks to them by phone while they orbited the Earth on July 18, 1975\. The American Apollo spacecraft and Soviet Soyuz spacecraft were docked. The White House  American astronaut Deke Slayton and Russian cosmonaut Alexei Leonov during the US-Soviet Apollo-Soyuz linkup. 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