(WHTM) On July 15, 1975, two rockets blasted off into space. The Soviet Union’s Soyuz 19 launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 8:20 a.m. EDT, carrying cosmonauts Alexey Leonov and Valery ...
Former NASA astronaut Thomas Stafford, a three-star Air Force general known for a historic handshake in space with a Soviet cosmonaut nearly 50 years ago, died Monday in Florida. He was 93. Stafford ...
The passing of Tom Stafford leaves only seven surviving Apollo Moon voyagers. Nicknamed “Mumbles”, this Air Force three-star general dodged death on the launchpad, set records as one of the fastest ...
Former NASA astronaut Thomas Stafford, who flew to the moon before leading the first international space mission carried out by the United States and Russia, has died at the age of 93. Stafford's ...
Produced by NASA contractor Rockwell International this circa 1978 film was made shortly before the successful ApolloSoyuz space mission It is followed by a second film SPACESHIP EARTH showing ongoing ...