Signed ASTP Reference Docking Module Checklist A document ac

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A HANDSHAKE IN SPACESigned ASTP Reference Docking Module Checklist. A document actually used during Russian language training and ground support by Astronaut Robert Overmyer. The checklist has four tabbed sections titled First, Second, Third, and Fourth Transfers. Pages are in a dual column format with steps in English on the right side and Russian on the left. Television and motion picture camera placements are illustrated with field-of-view images. Approximately 8x10 inches and over 160 pages with a single ring binding. Includes page change updates. NASA/JSC, 1975

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All events of this historic meeting in space are choreographed on these pages. Events included presentation and exchange of gifts, crew meals, and joint experiments. The transfers are both astronauts visiting in the Soyuz spacecraft and a cosmonaut visiting the Apollo Command Module. This document often changed hands among the prime crew members during the complex task of understanding flight procedures while using both the English and Russian languages. Forostenko was instrumental in making sure this was clearly maintained during updates and additions to this and other flight documents. Apollo Commander Tom Stafford has autographed the front cover. Presented to Forostenko by Overmyer after the flight. With a Typed Letter Signed by Forostenko providing additional details.