Handbook of Space Shuttle Missions / by Brown, Zayne, author 648054

“…It was the first US manned space flight since the Apollo - Soyuz Test Project on 15 July 1975. STS - 1 was the only US manned maiden test flight of a new spacecraft system, although it was the culmination of atmospheric testing of the Space Shuttle orbiter. …”
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Promoting International Scientific Cooperation: the Role of Scientific Societies by Vráblová M., Bonetti G., Henehan G., Brown R. E., Sykora P., Marks R. S., Miertus S., Lorusso L., Tartaglia G.M., Cerkez Ergoren M., Sait Dundar M., Dundar M., Michelini S., Miertus J., Connelly S.T., Martin D., Bacu A., Herbst K.L., Bertelli M.

“…Nevertheless, many examples show that scientific collaboration can surpass conflicts and bring scientific and society development, such as in the cases of the Tick-borne Encephalitis vaccine, the Apollo-Soyuz test project and more recently the international endeavour for COVID-19 vaccine development. …”
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