50 years since the ‘Handshake in Space’: The legacy of Apollo-Soyuz

The Apollo-Soyuz mission, which occurred 50 years ago this month, was the culmination of a series of fitful attempts at possible international cooperation on human spaceflight. But before one astronaut and one cosmonaut met in an airlock in orbit over the Earth, there were wiretaps and hot dogs, language lessons and vodka toasts. And thoughContinue reading “50 years since the ‘Handshake in Space’: The legacy of Apollo-Soyuz”
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