In 1975, the U.S. and Soviets finally stopped ignoring each other in orbit. It...

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In 1975, the U.S. and Soviets finally stopped ignoring each other in orbit. It wasn't just about the hardware—though designing a universal docking system that worked for two different capsule designs was a bureaucratic nightmare