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Saturn IB SA-210 on the Laun
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| Name of Image |
Saturn IB SA-210 on the Launch pad |
| Date of Image |
1975-07-01 |
| Full Description |
SA-210 Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) awaits the launch scheduled on July 15, 1975 on the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center, the ASTP mission with astronauts Thomas Stafford, Vance Brand, and Donald "Deke" Slayton. The Saturn IB, developed under the direction of the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), launched five manned Earth-orbital missions between 1968 and 1975: Apollo 7, Skylab 2, Skylab 3, Skylab 4, and the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project . |
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Astronaut Vance Brand at con
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Astronaut Vance Brand at controls of Apollo Command Module |
| Description |
Astronaut Vance D. Brand, command module pilot of the American ASTP crew, is seen at the controls of the Apollo Command Module during the joint U.S.-USSR Apollo Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) docking in Earth orbit mission. |
| Date Taken |
1975-07-17 |
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Astronaut Vance Brand seen i
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Astronaut Vance Brand seen in hatchway leading to Apollo Docking module |
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Astronaut Vance D. Brand, command module pilot of the American Apollo Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) crew, is seen in the hatchway leading from the Apollo Command Module (CM) into the Apollo Docking Module (DM) during joint U.S.-USSR ASTP docking in Earth orbit mission. The 35mm camera is looking from the DM into the CM. |
| Date Taken |
1975-07-17 |
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Astronaut Vance Brand practi
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Astronaut Vance Brand practices operating Docking Module hatch for ASTP |
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Astronaut Vance D. Brand, command module pilot of the American Apollo Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) prime crew, practices operating a Docking Module hatch during ASTP pre-flight training at JSC. The Docking Module is designed to link the Apollo and Soyuz spacecraft during their docking in Earth orbit mission. Gary L. Doerre of JSC's Crew Training and Procedures Division is working with Brand. Doerre is wearing a face mask to help prevent possible exposure to Brand of disease prior to the ASTP launch. |
| Date Taken |
1975-07-12 |
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