The Apollo–Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) was the first joint flight of an American and Soviet spacecraft, carrying out docking maneuvers in Earth orbit.
TThe mission provided an impetus for further cooperation between the United States and Russia in space.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, carrying a multi-national crew and supplies to the International Space Station (ISS), took off from Florida's Kennedy Space Center.
Title 2The launch was the first time in more than six years that a Russian cosmonaut had boarded an American-made rocket bound for space.
US, Russia to resume space missions despite Ukraine war tensions
TRussia and the US have agreed to continue joint exploration of the Moon and search for life on other planets, following months of tensions between Moscow and Washington over Ukraine.
TThe two space superpowers will launch a new robotic mission to lunar orbit as early as 2020 and work together to land cosmonauts on Mars in the 2030s, officials said on Friday
A joint flight to the International Space Station (ISS) by cosmonauts and astronauts from Russia, the United States and Japan is planned for 2021.
The joint mission will mark 50 years of human space exploration, according to a statement released on Friday by NASA.