Space Rocket History #457 – Apollo-Soyuz Test Project – Soviet Concerns with Apollo

Space Rocket History Podcast by Michael Annis

Feb 7, 202546:47Society & Culture

The origin of the Soviet’s concern, regarding the potential impact of the Apollo Command Module’s Reaction Control System (RCS) thrusters on the Soyuz spacecraft during docking maneuvers, can be traced back to a Skylab f...

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