NASA Photo ID: S74-20831           File Name: 10076444.jpg
Film Type: 4x5 BW                  Date Taken: 04/25/74
Title: Astronauts and Cosmonauts sightseeing at Red Square in Moscow
Description:
A group of Astronauts and their Cosmonaut hosts are photographed
sightseeing  on Red Square in the heart of Moscow during a tour of the
Soviet capital. The  Americans were in the USSR to participate in Apollo
Soyuz Test Project (ASTP)  familiarization training on the Soyuz systems at
the Cosmonaut Training  Center (Star City) near Moscow. Astronaut Thomas P.
Stafford (light coat,  black cap), commander of the American ASTP crew, was
head of the U.S.  delegation to Star City. Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan (on
Stafford's left,  light coat) is the Special Assistant to the American
Technical Director of  ASTP. The sightseeing group is walking in the
direction of Lenin's Mausoleum.  The structure in the background is the
Cathedral of the Intercession (St.  Basil's) Museum. The historic Kremlin
complex is to the right.           
Subject terms:
APOLLO SOYUZ TEST PROJECT               
ASTRONAUTS                              
COSMONAUTS                              
MOSCOW                                  
PUBLIC RELATIONS                        
TOURS                                   

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