[ProtectOurFreedom]

The handshake when they opened the hatch…

[one guy in new jersey]

Awesome.

[Carriage Hill]

I remember the pics on the ‘CBS Evening News’.
RIP, Tom.

[frogjerk]

This was the second time they opened the hatch. The first time the optics were bad for the Russians as the Americans reached out first into the Russian spacecraft making the Russians look timid. It had to be reshot for political reasons.

I learned this from an engineer (rocket scientist) at Johnson Space Center in Houston during a tour. These men were pivotal during the Space Race, knew all of the astronauts personally and they had the most incredible stories about all of the goings on during that time.