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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Apollo/Saturn V Center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Apollo astronaut Vance Brand is applauded during NASA's 40th Anniversary of Apollo Celebration of the July 1969 launch and landing on the moon. At left is Apollo astronaut Charlie Duke. Eight Apollo astronauts participated in the ceremony. Brand was Apollo command module pilot on the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project that resulted in the historic meeting in space between American astronauts and Soviet cosmonauts. The linkup of Apollo and Soyuz tested a unique, new docking system and demonstrated international cooperation in space. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett