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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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