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When they say "joint"...

After the agreement between NASA and the Soviet Academy of Science in 1971 the two countries pursued co-operation in the conquering of space. Up until then it had been very much a 'race' between them.

Meanwhile the Vietnam War raged on, so one can only imagine what the neighbours might have thought!

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