SPACE ART: Apollo-Soyuz Docking

This artist painting depicts the first international docking in space.

The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) was designed to test the compatibility of rendezvous and docking systems for American and Soviet spacecraft, to open the way for international space rescue and future joint manned flights.

This was the last US manned space flight before the launch of Space Shuttle Columbia in 1981.

Image Credit: NASA