Space rendezvous
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A space rendezvous is a set of orbital maneuvers during which two spacecraft, one of which is often a space station, arrive at the same orbit and approach to a very close distance. Rendezvous requires
Astronaut Christopher Cassidy uses a rangefinder to determine distance between the Space Shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station.
Lunar Module Eagle ascent stage rendezvous with the command module Columbia in lunar orbit after returning from a landing
Gemini 7 photographed from Gemini 6 in 1965
Gemini 8 Agena target vehicle
Space Race
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The Space Race was a 20th-century competition between the Cold War rivals, the United States and the Soviet Union, to achieve superior spaceflight capability. It had its origins in the ballistic missi
Space rendezvous
…as in this photo of the crews and spaceship models of the historic first time Soviet and US spacecraft Apollo–Soyuz docking in 1975 of the concluding Space Race. Damaged solar arrays on Mir's Spektr module following a collision with an uncrewed Progress spacecraft in September 1997 as part of Shuttle-Mir. The…
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A Man on the Moon, AS11 40 5903
Portrait of ASTP crews
Atlantis docked to MIR GPN 2000 001315