A busy week for science in Moscow — Science News, June 3, 1972
U.S. and Soviet leaders … signed agreements on area, science and know-how, well being and the surroundings…. The area settlement … outlines plans for cooperation in fields corresponding to meteorology, examine of the pure surroundings, planetary exploration and area biology.
Update
The 1972 area settlement led to the primary internationwide human spaceflight, the Apollo-Soyuz mission, throughout which Soviet and U.S. crews socialized in area (SN: 7/26/75, p. 52). Apollo-Soyuz inspired a long time of collaboration that continues immediately on the International Space Station. Now, Russia’s struggle in Ukraine has prompted many nations to drag again on scientific endeavors with Russia, in area and on Earth (SN: 3/26/22, p. 6). While NASA stays dedicated to the area station, the pinnacle of Russia’s area company has threatened to finish the cooperation in retaliation for sanctions imposed in response to the struggle. Russia has but to make strikes to desert the station, although the nation has ceased supplying rocket engines to the United States.