Apollo–Soyuz Test Project
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The Apollo–Soyuz Test Project was a 1975 joint U.S.–Soviet space mission that conducted the first international crewed spacecraft docking, symbolizing a thaw in Cold War tensions and pioneering cooperative space exploration.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Apollo–Soyuz Test Project canonical | 35 |
| Apollo–Soyuz Test Project launch | 2 |
| Apollo–Soyuz | 1 |
| Apollo–Soyuz Test Project docking | 1 |
| Apollo–Soyuz Test Project mission | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Apollo–Soyuz Test Project Context triple: [Apollo program, followedBy, Apollo–Soyuz Test Project]
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Gemini program
The Gemini program was NASA’s second human spaceflight project in the 1960s, designed to develop critical space travel techniques such as orbital rendezvous, docking, and long-duration missions that paved the way for the Apollo Moon landings.
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Apollo 11
Apollo 11 was the historic 1969 spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon and safely returned them to Earth.
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Skylab program
The Skylab program was NASA’s first space station initiative, focused on long-duration human spaceflight and scientific research in Earth orbit during the 1970s.
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STS-51L
STS-51L was the ill-fated 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger mission that ended in disaster shortly after launch, leading to the deaths of its seven crew members and major reforms in NASA’s spaceflight program.
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E.
STS-61
STS-61 was a 1993 NASA Space Shuttle Endeavour mission best known for successfully repairing and upgrading the Hubble Space Telescope during a series of complex spacewalks.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Apollo–Soyuz Test Project Target entity description: The Apollo–Soyuz Test Project was a 1975 joint U.S.–Soviet space mission that conducted the first international crewed spacecraft docking, symbolizing a thaw in Cold War tensions and pioneering cooperative space exploration.
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A.
Gemini program
The Gemini program was NASA’s second human spaceflight project in the 1960s, designed to develop critical space travel techniques such as orbital rendezvous, docking, and long-duration missions that paved the way for the Apollo Moon landings.
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B.
Apollo 11
Apollo 11 was the historic 1969 spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon and safely returned them to Earth.
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C.
Skylab program
The Skylab program was NASA’s first space station initiative, focused on long-duration human spaceflight and scientific research in Earth orbit during the 1970s.
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D.
STS-51L
STS-51L was the ill-fated 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger mission that ended in disaster shortly after launch, leading to the deaths of its seven crew members and major reforms in NASA’s spaceflight program.
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E.
STS-61
STS-61 was a 1993 NASA Space Shuttle Endeavour mission best known for successfully repairing and upgrading the Hubble Space Telescope during a series of complex spacewalks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States–Soviet Union spaceflight
ⓘ
crewed spaceflight mission ⓘ docking mission ⓘ joint space mission ⓘ |
| agreementSigned | 1972-05-24 ⓘ |
| agreementSignedBy |
Soviet Union
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| alsoKnownAs |
ASTP
ⓘ
Apollo–Soyuz Test Project ⓘ
surface form:
Apollo–Soyuz
|
| apogee | about 229 km ⓘ |
| country |
Soviet Union
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crewMember |
Alexei Leonov
ⓘ
Deke Slayton ⓘ
surface form:
Donald K. Slayton
Thomas Stafford ⓘ
surface form:
Thomas P. Stafford
Valeri Kubasov ⓘ Vance D. Brand ⓘ |
| crewSize | 5 ⓘ |
| dockingDate | 1975-07-17 ⓘ |
| dockingMechanismStandard | Androgynous Peripheral Attach System ⓘ |
| firstInternationalDocking | true ⓘ |
| followedBy |
NASA Space Shuttle program
ⓘ
surface form:
Space Shuttle program
|
| inclination | about 51.8 degrees ⓘ |
| landingDate | 1975-07-21 ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1975-07-15 ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Baikonur Cosmodrome
ⓘ
surface form:
Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 1/5
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B ⓘ |
| legacy |
paved way for International Space Station cooperation
ⓘ
paved way for Shuttle–Mir Program ⓘ |
| missionDuration | 9 days ⓘ |
| missionType |
diplomatic mission in space
ⓘ
test flight ⓘ |
| notableAs |
last crewed US spaceflight before Space Shuttle era
ⓘ
last flight of an Apollo spacecraft ⓘ |
| objective |
conduct joint scientific experiments
ⓘ
demonstrate international cooperation in space ⓘ test compatible rendezvous and docking systems ⓘ |
| operator |
NASA
ⓘ
Soviet space program ⓘ |
| orbit | low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| perigee | about 217 km ⓘ |
| politicalContext | détente ⓘ |
| precededBy | Skylab 4 ⓘ |
| program |
Apollo program
ⓘ
Soyuz spacecraft ⓘ
surface form:
Soyuz program
|
| spacecraft |
Apollo command and service module
ⓘ
surface form:
Apollo CSM-111
Soyuz 19 ⓘ |
| symbolized |
beginning of US–Soviet space cooperation
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thaw in Cold War tensions ⓘ |
| undockingDate | 1975-07-19 ⓘ |
| usedDockingModule | Apollo–Soyuz Docking Module ⓘ |
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Subject: Apollo–Soyuz Test Project Description of subject: The Apollo–Soyuz Test Project was a 1975 joint U.S.–Soviet space mission that conducted the first international crewed spacecraft docking, symbolizing a thaw in Cold War tensions and pioneering cooperative space exploration.
Referenced by (40)
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