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A small collection of material related to Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, comprising: Press Conference on Apollo Soyuz test Project USA -USSR. NASA, Washington DC, 1:30 pm, Friday 11 April 1975, 54 pages, approx. 20.3 x 27 cm (8 x 10 ½ inches), staple bound. Typescript containing diagrams and photographs. Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. Information for Press. [NASA], 1975, 204 pages, approx. 20.3 x 27 cm (8 x 10 ½ inches). This very comprehensive, illustrated document provided the press with every possible fact about this landmark mission and is an exhaustive reference to it. The contents comprised of chapters describing every detail of the mission, from mission objectives and crew information, through technical description of the spacecrafts and their equipment, to mission's scientific objectives. Apollo-Souyz Test Project. Nasa Facts, NF-52/5-75. 8 pages, approx. 20.3 x 27 cm (8 x 10 ½ inches) The documents outline the objectives of the mission, technical specifications of the spacecraft, flight plan and provide information about the crew and planned scientific experiments. Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, conducted in July 1975, was the first international human spaceflight during which three American astronauts and two Soviet cosmonauts brought their spacecrafts together in Earth orbit, exchanged visits and conducted joint scientific and technical experiments. The mission was the symbol of easing the strained relations between the two political powers and is considered to have marked the end of the space race.