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MOSCOW, RUSSIA
IL 60607, USA
IL 60607
HICAGO
MOSCO
RUSSIA
FIRST
DAY OF
ISSUE
29 1992
CCCP
MAY 29,
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APOLLO-SOYUZ
First Day of Issue: May 29, 1992
First Issue Location: Chicago, Illinois
July 15, 1975, witnessed the launch of America's final
Apollo mission ... the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. While
its announced goal was to test a space docking system,
Apollo-Soyuz meant much more to the citizens of both
nations who wished for better international relations.
Launched just a few hours apart on July 15, the American
Apollo and Soviet Soyuz spacecraft took two days to
maneuver into position for docking 140 miles above the
surface of the Earth. Then, in an intricate series of rocket
thrusts, the Apollo docking module successfully latched
onto the Soyuz. In a festive atmosphere, astronauts
Vance Brand, Donald Slayton and Thomas Stafford
greeted cosmonauts Alexei Leonov and Valery Kubasov,
exchanging gifts and remaining together for approxi-
mately two days in the joined spacecraft. The next U.S.
manned space flight wouldn't take place until six years
later, when, on April 12, 1981, the premier launch of
Space Shuttle Columbia again brought Americans closer
to man's final frontier.
No. 92-41
First Day of Issue Postcard Collection
©1992 Fleetwood, Cheyenne, WY 82008-0001
Original painting for the First Day of Issue Postcard by Dean Ellis
Stamps designed by Robert McCall (USA) and Vladimir Beilin (Russia)
Heetwood
