<Tab/>The cooperation that occurred between the United States and the Soviet Union was also named the Apollo- Soyuz Test Project (ASTP). The ASTP was not only a contribution towards détente, but also towards the development of a universal, androgynous docking system, the United States and the Soviet Union jointly developed and conduced flight where the U.S. Apollo spacecraft, carrying a special docking module, rendezvoused and …showed first 75 words of 597 total…

…showed last 75 words of 597 total…a dramatic demonstration to both nations and to the world of the potential "practicality and benefits of détente." In other words, the Soviet's believed that the result was "a more open [U.S.] space program," and that the establishment of U.S. - Soviet working procedures for joint manned missions was potentially useful for the future. Disagreements over the benefits and liabilities of ASTP continue today. <Tab/>