The , which took place in July 1975, was the first international human spaceflight mission and served as a symbolic conclusion to the Space Race . The mission involved the docking of an American Apollo command module with a Soviet Soyuz capsule, representing a significant thaw in Cold War relations known as détente . Mission Overview Launch Date: July 15, 1975. Spacecraft & Launch Vehicles:
On July 17, 1975, the two spacecraft docked 138 miles (222 km) above Earth. Mission commanders Thomas Stafford (USA) and Alexey Leonov (USSR) performed the historic "handshake in space" through a specialized docking module. APOLLO -SOYUZ - NASA
Launched on a Saturn IB rocket from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The , which took place in July 1975,