In July 1975, two manned spacecraft were launched into Earth orbit--one from Kazakhstan, the other from Florida. Their rendezvous in orbit fulfilled a 1972 agreement between the Soviet Union and the United States to participate in a joint venture in space. The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project marked a brief thaw in the Cold War and the first time that the two rivals cooperated in a human space mission. During the mission, the five crew members visited each other's spacecraft, shared meals, and worked on various tasks during several days together in space. As part of this effort of détente, the United States and Soviet Union also participated in joint missions here on Earth to commemorate the historic mission.
This is a package of Apollo-Soyuz cigarettes that was manufactured as part of a joint venture between the American cigarette manufacturer Phillip Morris and the Soviet Yava cigarette factory. At the time of the Apollo-Soyuz agreement diplomats thought that joint manufacturing ventures that grew of the mission could sustain détente beyond the 1975 spaceflight.
Display Status
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Object Details
Country of Origin
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Type
MEMORABILIA-Popular Culture
Manufacturer
Yava Factory
Dimensions
3-D: 8.9 × 5.9 × 2.4cm (3 1/2 × 2 5/16 × 15/16 in.)
Storage: 14 × 11 × 7.6cm (5 1/2 × 4 5/16 × 3 in.)
Materials
Box:
Paper
Ink
Contents:Aluminum Alloy (Foil)
Paper
Tobacco
Inventory Number
A19970203000
Credit Line
Found In Collection. Donor Unknown at this Time. Found on NASM Premises.
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
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