Name: Thomas P. Stafford Birthdate: September 17th 1930 Hometown: Weatherford, OK Education: United States Naval Academy(1952), Weatherford High School(1948) Experience: American former Air Force officer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut Missions: Gemini 9A, Apollo 10, Apollo–Soyuz Test Project, Gemini 6A
Name: Vance D. Brand Birthdate: May 9th 1931 Hometown: Longmont, CO Education: University of California, Los Angeles, Longmont High School, University of Colorado Boulder Experience: American former naval officer and aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut Missions: STS-5, STS-35, Apollo–Soyuz Test Project, STS-41-B
Name: Donald K. Slayton Birthdate: March 1st 1924 Hometown: Sparta, WI Education: University of Minnesota Experience: American World War II pilot, aeronautical engineer, test pilot who was selected as one of the original NASA Mercury Seven astronauts, and became NASA's first Chief of the Astronaut Office Missions: Apollo–Soyuz Test Project
Name: Alexey A. Leonov Birthdate: May 30th 1934 Hometown: Listvyanka, Irkutsky District, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia Education:The Soviet Air Force Academy of Arts in Riga, Pilot prep school in Kremenchug, the Chuguyev Higher Air Force School, Zhukovskiy Air Force Engineering Academy, Candidate of Technical Sciences Experience: Retired Soviet/Russian cosmonaut, Air Force Major General, the 1st human to conduct extra-vehicular activity, exiting the capsule during the Voskhod 2 mission for a 12-minute spacewalk Missions: Apollo–Soyuz Test Project, Voskhod 2l
Name: Valeri N. Kubasov Birthdate: January 7th 1935 Hometown: Vyazniki, Vladimir Oblast, Russia Education: Moscow Aviation Institute Experience: Soviet cosmonaut who flew on two missions in the Soyuz programme as a flight engineer: Soyuz 6 and Soyuz 19, and commanded Soyuz 36 in the Intercosmos program Missions: Soyuz 36, Apollo–Soyuz Test Project, Soyuz 6
Major Events: The U.S. and Soviet space capsules were not compatible, the first major task was the development of a new docking module Mission/Date: Soyuz 19 and July 15,1975 Astronaut(s) Involved: Thomas P. Stafford, Vance D. Brand, Donald K. Slayton,Alexey A. Leonov, Valeri N. Kubasov What Happened: Two Cold War-rivals met in space. When their respective spacecraft rendezvoused and docked, a new era of cooperative ventures in space began