Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Great Images in Nasa Collection
Title:
Astronaut Gibson Shakes Hands with Cosmonaut Dezhurov
Full Description:
Astronaut Robert L. Gibson, STS-71 mission commander, shakes the hand of cosmonaut Vladimir N. Dezhurov, Mir-18 commander. The historic handshake took place two and a half weeks prior to the 20th anniversary of a similar in-space greeting between cosmonauts and astronauts participating in the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP). On July 17, 1975, astronaut Thomas P. Stafford, NASA's ASTP commander, greeted his counterpart, Aleksey A. Leonov, in a docking tunnel linking the Soyuz and Apollo spacecraft.
Date:
06/29/1995
NASA Center:
Johnson Space Center
Subject Category:
Astronauts
Subject Category:
Space Shuttle
Subject Category:
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
Subject Category:
Shuttle-Mir
Keywords:
Thomas
Keywords:
Apollo
Keywords:
Robert
Keywords:
Stafford
Keywords:
Gibson
Keywords:
Soyuz
Keywords:
STS
Keywords:
Mir
Keywords:
71
Keywords:
18
Keywords:
Leonov
Keywords:
Dezhurov
Keywords:
Vladimir
Keywords:
Aleksey
Audience:
General Public
facet_what:
Russian Mir Space Station
facet_what:
Space Shuttle Orbiter
facet_where:
Johnson Space Center (JSC)
facet_who:
Robert L. Gibson
facet_who:
Vladimir N. Dezhurov
facet_when:
July 17, 1975
facet_when:
06-29-1995
facet_when_year:
1975
facet_when_year:
1995
Image #:
STS071-118-004
original_url:
UID:
SPD-GRIN-GPN-2002-00 0062
Center:
JSC
Center Number:
STS071-118-004
GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2002-000062
Creator-Photographer:
NASA
Original Source:
DIGITAL

Astronaut Gibson Shakes Hands with Cosmonaut Dezhurov