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[Space]. Official International Aeronautic Federation (FAI) File of the Historic Apollo-Soyuz flight

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[Space]. Official International Aeronautic Federation (FAI) File of the Historic Apollo-Soyuz flight
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160. [Space]. Official International Aeronautic Federation (FAI) File of the Historic Apollo-Soyuz flight bearing the signatures of Astronauts Tom Stafford, Vance Brand, Deke Slayton & Cosmonauts A.A. Leonov and V.N. Kubasov. Bound in original full red leather covers with title in gilt, in both English and Russian, "USSR Aerosports Federation / USA National Aeronautical Association / (Members of International Aeronautical Federation) / FILE / On Absolute World and World Records / of the World's First Joint Flight / of the Soyuz (USSR) and Apollo (USA / Spacecraft on the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project / (K' and K-2' Classes) / July 15-19, 1975 / Baykonur (USSR) - Cape Canaveral (USA) / Moscow 1975", (9.1 x 12.25 in.; 231 x 311 mm), 54 pages (as paginated), with additional 36 pages featuring photographs of crew, spacecraft, artist renderings, trajectory computations, technical diagrams, etc. Each astronaut, Tom Stafford (Apollo Commander), Vance Brand (Command Module Pilot) & Deke Slayton (Docking Module Pilot) have signed two versions of the "Apollo Crew's Report" (one in English and one in Russian). Tom Stafford signed two versions of the "ASTP Apollo commander's report" (English and Russian). Cosmonauts A.A. Leonov (Soyuz-19 Commander) and V. Kubasov (Soyuz-19 Flight Engineer) have each signed English and Russian versions of their respective flight report. Fine condition.
The Official Report of the Joint U.S.-Soviet Mission Apollo-Soyuz - one of the greatest diplomatic successes in world history.
The joint American-Russian, Apollo-Soyuz space mission began with the launch of the Soyuz spacecraft from Baykonur Cosmodrome, USSR, at 12:20:00 GMT on 15 July 1975. On the same day at 19:50:01 GMT, the Apollo spacecraft was launched from Kennedy Space Center, USA, to begin the rendezvous with the Soyuz. During the mission, the first international rendezvous and docking occurred when the Apollo spacecraft, with the docking module it carried to orbit, rendezvoused and docked with the Soyuz spacecraft. The classic rendezvous technique, similar to the sequence followed by the command-service module in reaching the Skylab space station, was carried out by the Apollo spacecraft. In addition to the testing of compatible docking systems in orbit, four crew transfers were accomplished as were joint and unilateral experiments. The Apollo remained docked with the Soyuz for approximately two days at which time the first undocking occurred and the joint solar eclipse experiment was performed. Following the experiment, the second docking was performed, this time with the Soyuz docking system as the active system. The final undocking occurred on 19 July at 15:26:12 GMT, the Soyuz deorbited on 21 July at 10:10:30 GMT and landed in Kazakhstan. After final separation from Soyuz, the Apollo continued in orbit for five days to perform unilateral experiments. Apollo separation from the service module, deorbit and entry was performed on 24 July 1975 with the landing in the Pacific Ocean west of Hawaii at 21:18:24 GMT. $15,000 - $20,000