The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) had its origins in talks aimed at developing a common U.S./Soviet docking system for space rescue. The concept of a common docking system was first put forward ...

The decision to use lunar orbit rendezvous as the mission mode for Apollo meant that two docked spacecraft — the lunar module (LM) and command service module (CSM) — would arrive at the Moon.

It was a three-day journey to get back home from the moon! After reentry and splashdown, the astronauts were picked up by an ...

It was just the mission and we were going to make it a success." For one thing, engineers needed to devise a way for Apollo and Soyuz to dock with one another. This required the design of a new ...

This would lead directly to the Apollo-Soyuz mission. The Soyuz and Apollo had totally incompatible docking systems. In addition, the two craft had different internal environments. The Americans ...

After completing their mission on the Moon, the Apollo astronauts returned to the ... The LM took off from the Moon and docked with the CM, allowing the crew to transfer back.

When Nasa switched to the idea of using a separate lunar module, a second version of the Apollo vehicle that could dock with another spacecraft was produced; that version was used on the Apollo ...

forcing a mission abort. The fault lay not with the docking mechanism, but with a stuck thruster on the crew capsule. Docking was key to the success of the Apollo moon landings, enabling a command ...

Apollo 10 “dress rehearsal” mission launched into orbit, to set up the Apollo 11 moon landing mission a month later.

The flight — the first manned Apollo mission — buoyed an America shocked ... indicating that it would have no trouble docking with a lunar module that would carry two astronauts from the ...