jul 15, 1975 - Apollo-Soyuz test project (ASTP) (both)
Description:
as a sign of peace and the end of the space race both the USSR and the USA launched a spacecraft into orbit with the intent to dock with one another. the american Apollo was launched with a Saturn 1B rocket and weighed 32751.87 pounds while the Soviet Soyuz was launched with a Sapwoord SS-6 with a longer upper stage and weighed 14991.43 pounds.Added to timeline:
Date:
jul 15, 1975
Now
~ 50 years ago