Aug 02

Space Rocket History #444 – Apollo-Soyuz Test Project – Competition and Cooperation

Before joint missions, such as Apollo and Soyuz, could take place, both nations had to find a compelling rationale for cooperation, ultimately overcoming the seemingly insurmountable barriers to foster genuine cooperative space projects.

Yuri Gagarin First Man to Orbit the Earth

Mercury project astronaut John Glenn beside President Kennedy after receiving NASA medal.

Blagonravov(USSR) and Dryden(USA) Discuss Plans for Cooperative Missions

Jul 19

Space Rocket History #443 – Salyut 4 – The April 5th Anomaly & Soyuz 18 with Lazarev, Makarov, Klimuk, & Sevastyanov

Upon impact, the spacecraft sank into the soft snow but continued forward, rolling down the slope and gaining speed. As it neared a five hundred-foot cliff, the cosmonauts felt their hearts pound and adrenaline surge. 

Aborted Flight of Soyuz 18a-Credit RKK Energia

Cmd of Soyuz 18 Pyotr Klimuk

Flight Eng for Soyuz 18 Vitaly Sevastyanov