Apollo/Soyuz Mission Profile; your personal guide to this historic event: John F. Kennedy Space Center, U.S.A./Baikonur, Kazakhstan, U.S.S.R.
Satellite Beach, FL: Scarboro Publications, 1975. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Wraps. Unpaginated (32 pages, plus covers). Illustrations (some in color). Price blacked out on front cover. Contains a lot of ASTP facts. The purpose and catalyst of the Apollo–Soyuz Test Project was the policy of détente between the two Cold War superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union. The Apollo–Soyuz Test Project was made possible by the thaw in U.S.--U.S.S.R. relations, and the project itself endeavored to amplify and solidify the improving relations between the United States and the Soviet Union. According to Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, "The Soviet and American spacemen will go up into outer space for the first major joint scientific experiment in the history of mankind. They know that from outer space our planet looks even more beautiful. It is big enough for us to live peacefully on it...". Thus, both sides recognized ASTP as a political act of peace. More