UNITED STATES: AR medal (159.7g), ND(ca. 1975), Choice Proof, 63mm .999 silver medal for the Apollo-Soyuz space mission by M. Jovine for Medallic Art Company, Apollo module in left foreground preparing to dock with Soyuz module in right background with stylized radiant sun behind and Earth below, with the circular logo of the mission above, and APOLLO - SOYUZ - STAFFORD.BRAND.SLAYTON.LEONOV.KUBASOV around // same as obverse, but this time the Soyuz module is in the right foreground and Apollo in the left background with the legends in Cyrillic script, in plastic display case, matte finish, 7/15/75 LAUNCH---7/17/75 DOCKING (12:09 EDT) ---SEPARATION 7/19/75 (11:26 EDT)---RETURN 7/21-7/24 MEDALLIC ART CO. DANBURY, CT.999 FINE SILVER on edge. Apollo–Soyuz was the first crewed international space mission, carried out jointly by the United States and the Soviet Union in July 1975. Millions of people around the world watched on television as a United States Apollo module docked with a Soviet Union Soyuz capsule. The project, and its memorable handshake in space, was a symbol of détente between the two superpowers. It is generally considered to mark the end of the Space Race, which had begun in 1957 with the launch of Sputnik 1.
