[ASTP] LIFTOFF — THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF THE SPACE RACE. VINTAGE NASA "RED NUMBER" PHOTOGRAPH, 15 JULY 1975.

The Vintage NASA Photo Collection of Philip Kulpa

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LIFTOFF. 15 JULY 1975.

Vintage NASA “Red Number” chromogenic color photograph, 10 by 8 inches, “This Paper Manufactured by Kodak” watermark to verso. NASA image ID “NASA S75-28547” printed in upper left margin in red; minor toning, tape to verso.

A striking image of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project's (ASTP) space vehicle lifting-off from Pad B, Launch Complex 39, at Kennedy Space Center, at 3:50 p.m. (EDT) on 15 July 1975, beginning Apollo's catch-up journey toward the already Earth-orbiting Soviet Soyuz spacecraft. Aboard the Apollo spacecraft were Commander Tom Stafford, Command Module Pilot Vance Brand, and Docking Pilot Deke Slayton.