Mission: Apollo-Soyuz

Taken/released on: 17/1/1975

Apollo Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) Saturn 1B stacking boilerplate

The Saturn 1B booster for the United States mission of the Apollo Soyuz Test Project is shown on its mobile launcher in a Vehicle Assembly Building high bay with a boilerplate Apollo spacecraft installed atop the instrument unit. The encapsulated Apollo spacecraft, docking module and docking adapter that will be launched atop the Chrysler- built booster will replace the boiler plate spacecraft prior to rollout of the space vehicle to Complex 39's Pad B, now scheduled March 24. Launch is scheduled at 3:50 p.m. EDT July 15. (Source: KSC)

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