Apollo-Soyuz Rendezvous Inaugurates International Cooperation in Space
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events: 1900-2001
- Categories: Science, Diplomacy, International Relations, Foreign Affairs, Technology, Inventions, Aviation, Space Exploration
- Subcategories: Explorers, Astronomy, Astronomers, Cosmology
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present, 20th & 21st Century European History, Russian/Former Soviet States History
- Geographical Location: Soviet Union, United States
- Date: July 17, 1975
Article abstract: The linking of a U.S. Apollo spacecraft with a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft began an era of cooperation between the two leading nations in space exploration.
Cooperation Versus Competition in Space
From the beginning of the space age with the Soviet launching of Sputnik I in October, 1957, the exploration of space was a competition, a “space race,” between the United States and the Soviet Union. During the Cold War, when the United States and the Soviet Union competed for support among other countries, both nations sought to gain...
[The entire page is 977 words long]