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Worth Waiting 16 Years For': Remembering Deke Slayton's Unrealized Mercury Mission (Part 2) - AmericaSpace
![American astronaut Deke Slayton and Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov pose for the camera. This was during the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, the first collaboration between the USA and USSR in space in 1975. : American astronaut Deke Slayton and Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov pose for the camera. This was during the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, the first collaboration between the USA and USSR in space in 1975. :](https://preview.redd.it/american-astronaut-deke-slayton-and-soviet-cosmonaut-alexei-v0-sj4bo9v143v91.jpg?auto=webp&s=d8201329f0df9dc973d7847a6c08394fe4904d60)
American astronaut Deke Slayton and Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov pose for the camera. This was during the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, the first collaboration between the USA and USSR in space in 1975. :
![National Air and Space Museum on Twitter: "45 years ago today, astronauts Deke Slayton, Vance Brand, and Tom Stafford launched on the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project: https://t.co/kM3Hv2yqyQ https://t.co/5d0aioAgTl" / Twitter National Air and Space Museum on Twitter: "45 years ago today, astronauts Deke Slayton, Vance Brand, and Tom Stafford launched on the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project: https://t.co/kM3Hv2yqyQ https://t.co/5d0aioAgTl" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ec-S7WOXoAcgcTw.jpg)
National Air and Space Museum on Twitter: "45 years ago today, astronauts Deke Slayton, Vance Brand, and Tom Stafford launched on the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project: https://t.co/kM3Hv2yqyQ https://t.co/5d0aioAgTl" / Twitter
![Marge and Deke Slayton, 1959. (from astronautfashions tumblr) The other astronauts saw this jacket and knew this guy was … | Astronaut, Nasa space shuttle, Slayton Marge and Deke Slayton, 1959. (from astronautfashions tumblr) The other astronauts saw this jacket and knew this guy was … | Astronaut, Nasa space shuttle, Slayton](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/e4/dc/3b/e4dc3b22db122cc963f47a8a080010c1.jpg)