This stamp 20-kopek stamp illustrates the flight of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) in July 1975 with a drawing by the Soviet Soyuz Commander, Aleksei Leonov. During the ASTP mission, an American Apollo and Soviet Soyuz spacecraft docked in orbit above the Earth. This mission culminated several years of planning and cooperation between the two countries after 30 years of space competition. It was not for twenty years that both sides would undertake another international docking mission.
The Soviet military attaché gave this item to the museum.
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): 5.7 × 2.7cm (2 1/4 × 1 1/16 in.)
Storage: 10.8 × 7.8 × 5.1cm (4 1/4 × 3 1/16 × 2 in.)
Materials
Paper
Ink
Adhesive
Inventory Number
A19780362000
Credit Line
Gift of USSR Embassy
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
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