Valeri Kubasov

Oficiální znak mise Apollo–Sojuz: nápisy APOLLO a СОЮЗ kolem glóbu se spojenými loděmi.

Soviet cosmonaut and aerospace engineer, flight engineer of Soyuz 19 during the joint Apollo–Soyuz mission in 1975. He flew to space three times in total.

An aerospace engineer who entered the cosmonaut corps from the design bureau. As early as 1969, aboard Soyuz 6, he carried out one of the first experiments in welding metals in space. On Apollo–Soyuz he was flight engineer of Leonov's Soyuz 19.

NationalitySovětský svaz

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SPACEFLIGHTS

Apollo–Soyuz15 July 1975

Apollo–Soyuz (ASTP) was the first joint Soviet–American crewed flight, on 15–24 July 1975. The American Apollo docked with the Soviet Soyuz 19 and Tom Stafford shook hands with Alexei Leonov — the first international docking and a symbolic end to the space race.open article →

FACTS

•He was flight engineer of the Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 19 on the Apollo–Soyuz flight.

•As early as 1969 he experimented in orbit with welding metals in space.

•He flew to space three times in total.

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