The National Mall in Southwest Washington in Washington, District of Columbia — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

First International Manned Space Mission

Photographed by Adam Margolis, September 8, 2018

1. First International Manned Space Mission Marker

Inscription.
On July 17, 1975, an American Apollo spacecraft and a Soviet Soyuz space craft docked in space for the first international manned space mission. Three months after the crewmembers of the Apollo-Soyuz test project—astronauts Thomas P. Stafford, Donald Slayton & Vance Brand & cosmonauts Aleksel A. Leonov & Valeri N. Kubasov—planted Sophie’s Japonica trees at this site to commemorate cooperation in space between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.

U.S.A.
Apollo

U.S.S.R.
Soyuz

Erected 1994 by Thomas P. Stafford.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Peace • War, Cold. A significant historical date for this entry is July 17, 1975.

Location. 38° 53.303′ N, 77° 1.305′ W. Marker is in Southwest Washington in Washington, District of Columbia. It is in The National Mall. It is on 7th Street Southwest south of Jefferson Drive Southwest, on the right when traveling north. On the west side of the grounds of the National Air & Space Museum. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Washington DC 20597, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Washington

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Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Upper South,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in the Tidewater,

and in the Chesapeake Bay Region.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Uranus (within shouting distance of this marker); Double Candle, 2018 (within shouting distance of this marker); 320th Bomb Group (within shouting distance of this marker); Monarchs on the Move (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Yoko Ono (about 300 feet away); Welcome to the Hirshhorn Museum's Sculpture Garden (about 400 feet away); For Gordon Bunshaft, 2006, fabricated 2007-2008 (about 400 feet away); a different marker also named Welcome to the Hirshhorn Museum's Plaza (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Southwest Washington.

Other markers no longer nearby. Yoko Ono (was about 300 feet away but has been replaced with another marker now near it); Welcome to the Hirshhorn Museum's Plaza (was about 300 feet away

Photographed by Adam Margolis, September 8, 2018

2. First International Manned Space Mission Marker

but has been confirmed missing).

More about this marker. The engraving on the top of the marker is hard to read under sunlight.

Also see . . . The Apollo-Soyuz Mission. (Submitted on October 25, 2017, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.)

The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project Crews image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Nasa, 1975

3. The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project Crews

Slayton, Stafford, Brand, Leonov and Kubasov (l-r)

Credits. This page was last revised on January 30, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 25, 2017, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 1,677 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on February 2, 2022, by Adam Margolis of Mission Viejo, California. 3. submitted on October 26, 2017, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.