In 1971, the US and the USSR agreed to carry out a docking in orbit of the Apollo and Soyuz spacecraft. This project was called the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP). An airlock was needed to transition from the American cabin pressure system of 5 pounds per square inch pure oxygen to the Soviet mixed oxygen/nitrogen system at normal atmospheric pressure (about 14.7 psi). Created by Eric Long Date Created 06/08/2016 Source Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Keywords Apollo Program Rights and Restrictions Usage conditions apply
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