Shuttle–Mir program
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The Shuttle–Mir program was a collaborative space program between Russia and the United States that involved American Space Shuttles visiting the Russian space station Mir, Russian cosmonauts flying o
Space Shuttle Atlantis docked to Mir on STS-71
The seven American astronauts who carried out long-duration Increments on Mir
The view of Mir from Space Shuttle Discovery in 1998 as it left the station during STS-91
An overhead view of Atlantis as it sits atop the Mobile Launcher Platform (MLP) before STS-79
Apollo–Soyuz
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Apollo–Soyuz was the first crewed international space mission, conducted jointly by the United States and the Soviet Union in July 1975. Millions watched on television as an American Apollo spacecraft
Shuttle–Mir program
…the ISS to proceed much more smoothly than would have otherwise been the case. The origins of the Shuttle–Mir program can be traced back to the 1975 Apollo–Soyuz Test Project, that resulted in a joint US/Soviet mission during the détente period of the Cold War and the docking between a US Apollo spacecraft and a Soviet Soyuz…
A 1973 artist's conception of the docking of the two spacecraft
Back Row: Stafford, Leonov Front Row: Slayton, Brand, KubasovApollo program← Apollo 17 Soyuz programme← Soyuz 18Kosmos 772 →
U.S. president Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin (seated) sign an agreement in Moscow paving the way for the Apollo–Soyuz mission, May 1972.
Left to right: Slayton, Brand, Stafford