A limited international edition offset lithograph by artist George B. Bishop entitled "Apollo Soyuz," depicting the historic coupling of American and Soviet spacecraft during the mid-July 1975 Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. The print is signed by four of the five mission participants, from left to right along the bottom: Commander Thomas P. Stafford (born 1930), as "Tom Stafford"; Docking Module Pilot Donald "Deke" Slayton (1924-1993), as "Deke Slayton"; Commander Alexei Leonov (1934-2019) in Cyrillic; and Flight Engineer Valery Kubasov (1935-2014) in Cyrillic. The print is signed and copyrighted in stone as "George B. Bishop / © 1988" at upper right. Pencil inscribed as "138/200" at lower left. A few isolated wrinkles are found within the image from having been rolled, else near fine with remarkably crisp edges. Currently housed in a hard tube. Measures 35" x 25" unfurled.  Accompanied by a documentation certificate from Pacific Coast Galaxy, Inc. outlining when each signer signed the print (Stafford and Kubasov on June 24, 1988; Slayton on July 6, 1988; and Leonov on July 17, 1988); as well as a glossy promotional flyer advertising the limited edition prints.

The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project was a joint U.S./Soviet space mission launched in mid-July 1975. The joint mission, comprised of two Soviet cosmonauts (Commander Alexey Leonov and Flight Engineer Valeri Kubasov) and three American astronauts (Commander Thomas P. Stafford, Command Module Pilot Vance D. Brand, and Docking Module Pilot Donald "Deke" Slayton) entailed docking an Apollo spacecraft to the Soyuz 19 on July 17, 1975 and uncoupling two days later, on July 19, 1975. The mixed crew conducted scientific experiments together, like blocking the Sun with one spacecraft while the other photographed the solar corona. The extremely successful Apollo-Soyuz Test Project set the stage for future collaboration, including today's International Space Station.

This item comes with a Certificate from John Reznikoff, a premier authenticator for both major 3rd party authentication services, PSA and JSA (James Spence Authentications), as well as numerous auction houses.

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