This stamp pictures the crew of the July 1975 Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP). During that mission Amercan astronauts Thomas Stafford, Vance Brand, and Deke Slayton, docked their Apollo spacecraft with the Soviet Soyuz craft that carried Aleksei Leonov and Valeri Kubasov. ASTP was the first joint international human spaceflight mission. There was not another one similar for nearly 20 years. The 50 kopek stamp features a group portrait of the American and Soviet crews as par of the frame which also includes autographs of all the participants. The actual stamp includes a drawing of the Soviet mission control center outside Moscow.
Staff of the USSR Embassy in Washington, D.C. presented this stamp to the museum in1978.
Display Status
This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.
Object Details
Country of Origin
USSR
Type
LITERATURE AND RESEARCH-Philately
Astronaut
Aleksei Arkhipovich Leonov
Donald K. Slayton
Thomas P. Stafford
Valerii Kubasov, 1935-2014
Vance D. Brand
Dimensions
2-D - Unframed (H x W): 12.1 x 9.5cm (4 3/4 x 3 3/4 in.)
Materials
paper, ink and glue
Inventory Number
A19780352000
Credit Line
Gift of USSR Embassy
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
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