Tag: Deke Slayton
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‘Not that into peace doves’: The Apollo-Soyuz patch NASA rejected
Fifty years ago, on July 15, 1975, three NASA astronauts and two Russian cosmonauts lifted off to meet up in orbit for the first time. Representing the joint Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP, or Soyuz-Apollo in the Soviet Union), both crews wore a cloth patch that featured the artwork of an accomplished space artist. The design…
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Live coverage: Cygnus cargo freighter departs space station
Live coverage of the flight of Orbital ATK’s Cygnus cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.