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APOLLO SOYUZ r: PROJECT
(ASTP) is a joint
The Apollo Soyuz Test Project and the Soviet Union as
endeavor of the United onStates
cooperation in space which
part of the agreement Kosygin signed in MoscoW in
President Nixon and Chairman have agreed to develop
May of 1972. Both countries docking systems which will
pro-
compatible rendezvous and on future spacecraft
and rescue
vide a basis for docking conduct a joint experimental mis-
nations, and to
of both and dock a manned Apollo
sion in mid-1975 to rendezvousSoyuz-type spacecraft to test
spacecraft with a manned orbit. Each nation is separately
these docking systems in based on a mutually agreeable
developing docking systems specifications.
single set of interface design
elements are the Docking
The major new U.S. program
necessary to achieve compatibi-
Module and docking system systems with the USSR- The
lity of rendezvous and docking
on a Soyuz spacecraft.
developed hardware to be used together with an Apollo Command
Docking Module and system will be launcned on a Saturn IB
and Service Module (CSM) Module and the docking system
launch vehicle. The Docking launch vehicle adapter and
will be stowed in the spacecraftin Earth orbit in a manner
extracted by the CSM while the Lunar Module on an Apollo
similar to that used with
lunar mission.
testing a compatible
The ASTP mission will include the compatible docking
orbit; testing
rendezvous system in for transfer of astronauts
systems; verifying techniques experiments while docked and
and cosmonauts; conducting for the conduct of poten-
undocked; developing experience and USSR spacecraft, including,
tial joint flights by U.S. aid in emergency situations.
in case of necessity, rendering
have been meeting on a
Joint US/USSR working groups and
and agree on the technical
scheduled basis to review joint project.
operational aspects of the
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Experiments
will conduct important
During the ASTP mission, the crew medical experiments.
and
new science, applications, technology
the mission include
The science experiments selected for of the electromagnetic
astronomical observations in a region
surveyed by satel-
spectrum which has not been systematicallyregions should significantly
lite instruments. The astror mical the spectacular new classes
advance understanding of some of
few years (such as quasars,
of objects discovered in the last also provide important informa-
pulsars, and X-ray sources), and
medium. In addition,
tion on the nature of the interstellar using a new tech-
atmospheric observations will be conducted
constituents which are too
nique for measuring atmospheric with a mass spectro-
chemically reactive to measure directly
with the 'JSSR and will be
meter. This is a joint experiment the CSM to a
signal fronm
accomplished by sending an optical
reflector on the Soyuz.
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Launch Vehicle
Saturn IB launch vehicle
ASTP will utilize Apollo-Skylab of an S-IB stage, an
hardware. The Saturn IB, consisting
unit, will launch the space-
S-IVB stage, and an instrumentCenter.
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to establish the
The Soyuz circularization maneuver occur on the 17th
orbit will
final rendezvous and docking about 32 hours 22
Soyuz orbit. Eight hours later, atcorrection maneuver
minutes, a nominally zero phasing which would correct
(PCM) is scheduled for the Pnollo have occurred at NCl
for any phasing errors whicn mightmaneuver. The second
and at the Soyuz circularization 3h minutes Soyuz GET,
phasing maneu\'er (NC2), at 48 hours to adjust the altitude
is an in-plane, horizontal maneuver Following NG2,
difference with respect to the Soyuz.(NCC) is performed
the corrective combination maneuver
GET. The NCC maneuver
at 49 hours and 18 minutes Soyuz altitude, and the
controls the phasing, the differential
spacecraft at the
differerntial plane between the two the coelliptic
coelliptic maneuver point. Finally,
minutes Soyuz GET,
maneuver (NSR), at 49 hours and 55 a near constant dif-
establishes an orbit which maintains
two spacecraft.
ferential altitude between the
which is at
Dodking will occur prior to darknessThe time of dock--
1n')5 GYTP, during the 36th Soyuz orbit.
is approximately 51 hours
ing on the 29th Apollo revolution
55 minutes Soyuz GET.
with the
The3 amouiiL of time which will be spent 2 days.
Apollo docked to tile Sovuz is approximately
(following redocking
After final undocking from the Soyuz 15 minuces Soyu7.
exercises), at approximately 99 hours
a 1 mps posigrade maneuver
GET, the Apollo will perform each spacecraft will con-
to avoid recontact, after which
The Soyuz will continue in
duct independent activities. after separation, landing
orbit for approximately 43 hours Kazakhstan. The Apollo
at about 142 hours Soyuz GET in 6 days after
will continue in orbit for approximately Ocean near Hawaii.
separation, landing in the Pacific
Prime Back-up
Configutration
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First Stage S-IVB-210 S-IVB-209
Second Stage S-IU-210 S-IU-209
IncULrument Unit
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Designation Numbers
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L/V Adapter
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DS-5 DS-7
Docking Module DS-7
DS-5
Docking System SM-1ll SM-119
Service Module LC-39B LC-39B
Command Module
Launch Complex
Crew Assignments
Apollo Soyuz Test Pro-
The crew assignments for the
ject mission are:
U. S. Crew Assignment
Prime Backup
Bean
Thomas P. Stafford Alan E.L. Evans
Commander (';DO,; Vance D. Brand Ron
Command Module Pilot (GMP) Donald K. Slayton Jack R.
Lousma
Docking Module Pilot (DMP)
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ASTRONAUT BIOGRAPHIES
General, USAF)
Thomas P. Stafford (Brigadier Operations
NAME- Flight Crew
Deputy Director,
17, 1930, in Weatherford,
Born SeptemberMary Ellen Stafford, is a
AND DATE:
BIRTHPLACE mother, Mrs.
Oklahoma, His
Weatherford.
resident of
height: 6 feet;
DESCRIPTION: Black hair; blue eyes;
PHYSICAL
weight: 175 pounds.
School, Weatherford,
from Weatherhord High degree from
EDUCATION: Graduated received a Bachelor of Science recipient
OkEahDma; 1952;
Naval Academy in from Oklahoma
the United States of Science of Laws
of an Honorary Doctorate
in 1967, an Honorary Doctorate
of Law in 1969,
City University State University College Emerson
from Western from
Doctorate an of Communications of Aero-
an Honorary and Honorary Doctorate
College in 1969, from Embry-Riddle
Aeronautical
nautical Engineering
in 1970.
University of
Faye L. Shoemaker
Married to the former
MARITAL STATUS: Mr. and Mrs. Earle E.
Oklahoma. Her parents,
Weatherford,reside Oklahoma.
in Thomas,
Shoemaker, 28, 1957.
July 2, 1954; Karin, August
CHILDREN: Dionne, handball, weight
INTERESTS: His hobbies include
RECREATIONAL swimming.
lifting, and Society
the American Astronautical
Fellowtheof Society Test Pilots
OPGANIZATIONS:
and member of of Experimental
Club.
and the Explorers Service Medal,
Distinguished
HONORS: Awarded the NASA Medals, the JSC Certificate
SPECIAL Service
two NASA Excepticnal the Air Force Command Pilot
(1970), Force Distinguished
of Commendation and the Air
Astronaut Wings, co-recipient of the AIAA Astronautics
Flying Cross; and Aviation Trophy,
the 1966 Harmon InternationalArts and Sciences
Award, of Television
the National Academy Honorary Life--
Award (1969), and an
Special Trustees of Radio
in the American Federation
time Membership Artists.
and Television
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Stafford:2
EXI-ERIENCE. Staffordy
comm~issioned in an Air Force Brigadier General
traduaj- from the United States Air Force was
tranIng he flewAnnapolis. Follonghs upon
Unted States and fighter interceptor fih
Experimental FlightGermany and laeratened aircati h
Test School ate theUA
Ba Se, California. adterdsd Air Force
la dad i
H-e .was Chief Of oc
Aerospace Research the Performance
PiltSho Branch at the USAF
Flibne for tesprision tEwrsadrso
Flyig arid administration
also an curiculum
instructor for student test Plt. of the
inl flight test training and H a
cializend acdmi spe-
bookr n directing ujects -- establishing basic
fo s ythe the wrting Of flight text..
the P l tH n bstf n tudents. He test manuals
is co-author of
y ~ c- a of oP erformance
the. 5
c b o o e ~ r FlightT ti ,
a cIeo
F g Th est' an n
Hiehas logged more
includes more than than 6,200 hours flying time,
5,100 hours In jet which
CURRENT ASSIGNMNT: aircraft.
General Stafford
astronaut by' NASA was selected as
backup pilot for in September 1962. He served an
th~e Gemini 3 flight. as,:
On December 15,
Schirra were launch(~d 1965, he and command
into space on the pilot Walter M~
Gemini 6 mission history-.making
in space with the wh-'.ch performed the first
Gemini 6 returned a:.ready orbiting Gemini rendezvous
25 hours, 51 minutes, to) Earth on December 7 crew.
and 24 seconds Of 16, 1965, fe
flight.' fe
Stafford
the Geminimade 9 his socond flightascmndplto
une missioii
bega
beganon tunes on , urn,
Duing a 3-day
3, 1966, thle crow his
feret tpesof endezlvous performed flight
ilto which
Agernta with the three dif-
Targedtw Docking Adapter; Previously launched
Cern
n l gge tw hors and
spacecraft in extr, ehicular and ten minutespilot Eugene
ended a~ter 72 hour's activities. Outside the
reentry and recove3-. and 20 minutes with a The flight
perfect
nautical miles of as Gemini 9 landed
1.5 mailes ;hc designated within 0.4
the closestfrom the recovery ship target Point and
entry and tOLuchdom tJSS W~asp. (hsi
ofanTanedfighti)
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Stafford:3
Following Gemini 9, Stafford served as backup commander
for Apollo 7.
He was spacecraft commander of Apollo 10, May 18-26,
1969, the first comprehensive lunar-orbital qualifi-
cation and verification flight test of an Apollo lunar
module. Stafford was accompanied on the flight to
the Moon by John W. Young (command module pilot) and
Eugene Cernan (lunar module pilot). In accomplishing
all mission objectives, Apollo 10 confirmed the opera-
tional performance, stability, and reliability of the
command/service module/lunar module configuration
during translunar coast, lunar orbit insertion, and
lunar module separation and descent to within 8
nautical miles of the lunar surface. The latter
maneuver employed all but the final minutes of the
technique prescribed for use in an actual lunar landing
and permitted critical evaluations of the lunar module
propulsion systems and rendezvous and landing radar
devices during completion of the first rendezvous and
re-docking maneuvers in lunar orbit. In addition to
demonstrating that man could navigate safely and
accurately in the Moon's gravitational fields, Apollo
10 photographed and mapped tentative landing sites
for future missions.
In his three space flights, Stafford has completed
five rendezvous and logged 290 hours and 15 minutes
in space.
As Chief of the Astronaut Office from August 1969
through May 1971, he was responsible for the coordina-
tion, scheduling, and control of all activities in-
volving NASA astronauts. Gen. Stafford was named
Deputy Director of Flight Crew Operations in June 1971.
In this management capacity, he assists in directing
the activities of the Astronaut Office, the Aircraft
Operations Office, the Flight Crew Integration Division,
the Crew Training and Simulation Division, and the Crew
Procedures Division.
BRAND:2
and German F-104 development programs. Immediately
prior to his selection to the astronaut program,
Brand was assigned to the West German F-104G Flight
Test Center at Istres, France, as an experimental
test pilot and leader of a Lockheed flight test advisory
group.
He has logged more than 4,500 hours of flying time,
which include more than 3,670 hours in jets and 390
hours in helicopters.
CURRENT ASSIGNMENT: Mr. Brand is one of the 19 astronauts
selected by NASA in April 1966. He served as a crew
member for the thermal vacuum testing of the prototype
command module and was an astronaut support crewman
for the Apollo 8 and 13 missions. He was the backup
command module pilot for Apollo 15.
Brand served as backup commander for the Skylab 3 and
Skylab 4 missions.
Immediately following fulfillment of his Skylab assign-
ments, he commenced training as a prime crewman for
the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) mission.
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Slayton: 2
sent to Okinawa with the
B-26. In April 1945, he was flew seven combat missions
319th Bombardment Group anda B-25 instructor for one
over Japan. He served as the war and subsequently
year following the end of the University of Minnesnta.
left the Air Force to enter
after graduation
He became an aeronautical engineer the Boeing Aircraft
and worked for two years with
at Seattle, Washington, before being
Corporation 1951 with the Minnesota
recalled to active duty in
Air National Guard.
was assigned as maintenance
Upon reporting for duty, he squadron located in
flight test officer of an F-51
18 months as a technical
Minneapolis, followed by Air Force, and a
inspector at Headquarters Twelfth
pilot and maintenance officer
similar tour as fighter at Bitburg, Germany.
with the 36th Fighter Day Wing
in June 1955, he attended
Returning to the United States at Edwards Air Force Base,
the USAF Test Pilot School
pilot there from January
California. He was a test in the testing
1956 until April 1959 and participated
for the United States Air
of fighter aircraft built
Force and some foreign countries.
hours flying time,
He has logged more than 5,000 aircraft.
including 3,000 hours in jet
was named as one of the
CURRENT ASSIGNMENT: Mr. Slayton He was originally
Mercury astronauts in April 1959. 7 mission but
scheduled to pilot the Mercury-Atlas
due to a heart condi-
was relieved of this assignment August 1959. The MA-7
tion which was discovered in
flown by M. Scott Carpenter
mission was subsequently
in May 1962.
of Astronaut Activities in
Slayton became Coordinator for the operation
September 1962 and was responsible
of the Astronaut Office. Force In November 1963, he resigned
an Air Major to assume the
his commission as Operations. In this
role of Director of Flight Crew for directing the activities
capacity, he is responsible
Aircraft Operations Office,
of the Astronaut Office, the Division, the Crew Training
the Flight Crew Integration the Crew Procedures Division.
and Simulation Division, and
review of his
In March 1972, following a comprehensive for Life Sciences
medical status by NASA's Director Mr. Sl'yton was restored
and the Federal Aviation Agency,
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Slayt on: 3
to full flight status and certified eligible
manned space flights. for future
CIID-TRE1!: Clay A., December lS, 1955; Amy Sue, January 21,
1963.
Bean: 2
During his career, Captain Bean has flown 27 types of
military aircraft as well as many civilian airplanes.
He has logged more than 4,744 hours flying time --
including 3,923 hours in jet aircraft.
CURRENT ASSIGNMENT: Captain Bean was one of the third group
of astronauts named by NASA in October 1963. He served
as backup command pilot for the Gemini 10 mission and
as backup lunar module pilot for the Apollo 9 mission.
Captain Bean was lunar module pilot on Apollo 12, man's
second lunar landing, November 14-24, 1969. Captain:
Bean and Captain Conrad brought their lunar module to
a safe touchdown in the Moon's Ocean of Storms --
after a flight of some 250,000 miles to within 300
feet of their targeted landing point. They explored
the lunar surface for a distance of about 1 mile and
deployed several lunar surface experiments, installing
the first nuclear Power generator station on the Moon
to provide the power source. These long-term scien-
tific experiments continue in operation today. Cznrad
and Bean then inspected Surveyor III, which had landed
on the Moon some 30 months earlier, returning several
parts to Earth. Throughout the lunar surface stay by
Conrad and Bean, Captain Richard Gordon remained in
lunar orbit aboard the command module, photographing
landing sites for future missions and other areas of
scientific interest.
Captain Bean was spacecraft commander of a Skylab mis-
sion (SL-3), July 28 to September 25, 1973. With him in
the 59-day, 24,400,000-mile world record setting flight,
were scientist-astronaut Dr. Owen K. Garriott and
Marine Corps Lt. Colonel Jack R. Lousma. Mission II
accomplished 150% of its pre-mission forecast goals.
The crew returned to Earth 77,600 frames of film fia)m
6 instruments recording the sun's activities. They
also acquired 16,000 photographs and 18 miles of mag-
netic tape documenting our Earth's resources. The
crew completed 333 medical experiment runs, obtaining
the first data on ti effects of weightlessness for
59 days.
Captain Been has logged 1,671 hours and 45 minutes in
space -- of which 10 hours and 26 minutes were spent
in EVAs on the Moon and in Earth orbit.
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Bean: 3
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Evans: with
Instructor (F8 aircraft)
He was a Combat Flight 1961 to June 1962 and, prior to
HeF-24 from January in two WESTPAC aircraft
this assignment, participated with VF-142. In June
a pilot
carrier cruises while training after receiving his
1957, he completed flightthrough the Navy ROC Program
commission as an Ensign of Kansas.
at the University
military career
accrued during his
Total flight time hours in jet aircraft.
is 4,400 hours -- 4,000
19 astronauts
Captain Evans is one of the as a member
CURRENT ASSIGNMENT: April 1966. He served
selected by NASA in crews for the Apollo
7 and 11
of the astronaut support
module pilot for Apollo 14.
as backup command
flights and
Evans occupied
into space, Captain
On his first journeypilot seat for Apollo 17 which com-
the command module 1972, and con-
at 11:33 p.m. (CST), December 6, scheduled
menced 19, 1972 -- the last
cluded on December Moon for the United
States.
the
manned mission to on this voyage of the command module
He was accompanied by Eugene
and the lunar module "Challenger" H. (Jack)
"America" commander) and Harrison and Schmitt
Cernan (spacecraft pilot). While Cernan
Schmitt (lunar module the Taurus-Littrow
of
completed their explorations the lunar surface, Evans nain-
landing area down on in lunar orbit aboard the "America,"
tained a solo vigil work tasks which required visual
completing assigned hand held photographyand other
of
observations,
geological the control of cameras
specific targets, and scientific equipmert carried in
highly sophisticatedSIM-bay. Evans later completed a
the command module extraveh:cular activity during the
l-hour and 6-minute of the return light,
success-
transearth coast phase camera cassettts and completing
fully retrieving three of the equipment bay area.
inspection States
a personal the moon for the United
This last mission to set by previous flights which
broke several records lunar landing flight
(301
include: longest manned longest lunar surface extravehicular
hours, 51 mninutes); and 4 minutes); largest lunar
(22 hours and
activities 115 k (249 )bs));
sample return (an estimated orbit (147 hours, 48 minutes).
longest time in lunar a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean
Apollo 17 ended with and 4.3
0.4 mile from the target pointTiconderoga.
approximately USS
recovery ship, the
miles from the prime
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Completing his first space flight, Captain
logged 301 hours and 51 minutes in space Evans has
- 1 hour and
6 minutes of which were spent in extravehicular
activity.
Evans is backup command module pilot for the
Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) mission. Apollo
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Lousma:2
He has logged 3,000
hours in jet aircrafthoursoflih tme-
and 200 hours in
helicopters.
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of t e astron in April 1966.
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the Earth and tr ewcompleting
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andbas.oThecrew 59~
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SL-.3 ended with of rmances ancob~te33 17evaluable
a Pacificofextended weightlessness
by the USS New (~rleans.rcvy Splashdowm and rcvr on man
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SL-.3 logged 1,427
eachn stind hours and 9 minutes
sean Lusaas new world record for a single
logged 11 hours mis o
sepratecuaractivitiens and 2 minutes in
two
Outside the orbital
Lousma has been
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Test project flight
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COSMONAUT BIOGRAPHIES
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