On July 17, 1975, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cold_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Cold War">Cold War</a> rivals <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/America" title="America">America</a> and the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> met in <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Earth" title="Earth">Earth</a> <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Orbit" class="mw-redirect" title="Orbit">orbit</a> as American <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Apollo" class="mw-redirect" title="Apollo">Apollo</a> astronauts Tom Stafford, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Vance_D._Brand" title="Category:Vance D. Brand">Vance Brand</a> and <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Deke_Slayton" title="Category:Deke Slayton">Deke Slayton</a> docked with Soviet <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Soyuz_spacecraft" title="Category:Soyuz spacecraft">Soyuz</a> cosmonauts Aleksey Leonov and Valeriy Kubasov. During their joint mission, the astronauts and cosmonauts assembled this commemorative plaque in orbit as a symbol of the international cooperation. The American side is <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Blue" title="Blue">blue</a> with <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:English_language" title="Category:English language">English</a> text, while the Soviet side is <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Red" class="mw-redirect" title="Red">red</a> with <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Russian_language" title="Category:Russian language">Russian</a> text.
NASA
1975-07-18
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