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APOLLO-SOYUZ: FORCE OF ATTRACTION

Genre

Space

Number of episodes

Length

50’

Director

Dmitry Aleynikov

The story of the legendary “handshake in space” – the docking of a US Apollo spacecraft with a Soviet Soyuz capsule in 1975.
The event took place at the height of the Cold War between the USSR and the USA.
The friendly handshake of the crew captains Aleksei Leonov and Thomas Stafford in space was a sign of the future improvement of the political climate on Earth.
Nearly half a century later the “APOLLO-SOYUZ” project remains a landmark in the history of astronautics, while the life of its participants is an example of true friendship, duty, loyalty towards the chosen path, and inconceivable love for Space.