Soyuz 7K-TM

Apollo-Soyuz Test Project 1975 version of the Soyuz spacecraft (Soyuz 7K-TM) served as a technological bridge to the third generation Soyuz-T (T - транспортный, "Transportnyi" meaning transport) spacecraft (1976-1986).

The Soyuz ASTP spacecraft was designed for use during the Apollo Soyuz Test Project as Soyuz 19. It featured design changes to increase compatibility with the American craft. The Soyuz ASTP featured new solar panels for increased mission length, an androgynous universal docking mechanism instead of the standard male mechanism and modifications to the environmental control system to lower the cabin pressure to 0.68 atmospheres (69 kPa) prior to docking with Apollo. The ASTP Soyuz backup craft flew as the Soyuz 22 mission, replacing the docking port with a camera.

Missions

*Soyuz 19
*Soyuz 22

External links

* [http://en.rian.ru/russia/20061018/54922208.html Russia New Russian spaceship will be able to fly to Moon - space corp]
* [http://www.energia.ru/english/energia/news/news-2006/public_07-01.html RSC Energia: Concept Of Russian Manned Space Navigation Development]
*Mir Hardware Heritage
**David S.F. Portree, " [http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/shuttle-mir/references/r-documents-mirhh.htm Mir Hardware Heritage] ", NASA RP-1357, 1995
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* [http://www.astronautix.com/craftfam/soyuz.htm Information on Soyuz spacecraft]
* [http://www.io.com/~o_m/ssh/astp/astp.htm OMWorld's ASTP Docking Trainer Page]
* [http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/soyuz/spacecraft_detail.html NASA - Russian Soyuz TMA Spacecraft Details]
* [http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/070628_private_moonshot.html Space Adventures circum-lunar mission - details]