Apollo blasts into orbit for a rendezvous with Soyuz 40 years ago this hour (July 15 1975)

1970s, Cold War, space exploration


Video: 'ASTP TV Coverage - Apollo Launch'

(Thursday, July 15, 1975, 3:50:00 p.m. EDT) — Three American astronauts blasted off aboard an Apollo spaceship today hours after two Soviet cosmonauts were launched aboard a Soyuz spacecraft for a mission that included a linkup of the two ships in orbit.