ASTP U.S. Status Report, October 1973

Duration: 14:56

Year Published: 1973

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: This government film gives a thorough review of progress made towards the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) by October 1973. Produced for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the report strictly focuses on American efforts, from the construction of docking hardware and testing equipment to the modification of the Apollo Command and Service Module. The film also highlights the collaboration between American and Soviet officials, with cosmonauts shown touring the Johnson Space Center in Houston to familiarize themselves with Apollo equipment. Conducted in July 1975, the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project was the first international manned space mission, involving the docking of an American Apollo spacecraft with a Soviet Soyuz one.