Handshake started 4 decades of space cooperation 02:42 For more on the most important and iconic moments of the 1970s, watch CNN’s “ The Seventies ,” Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET/PT.

International Space Station Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank completed the first human/robot handshake in space yesterday. (Image Credit: NASA TV) To my knowledge, in the history of human/robot ...

There's nothing like a good, firm handshake. Especially when it's with a robot, and you're in space. Yesterday, NASA's Robonaut completed its systems ...

The legendary NASA astronaut Tom Stafford, who was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize for his famed handshake in space with a Soviet cosmonaut amid Cold War tensions, died Monday at 93, his ...

In 1975, a handshake in space heralded an era of cooperation between unlikely partners. The Apollo-Soyuz mission was the first joint space mission between the U.S. and Soviet space agencies.

Former NASA astronaut Thomas Stafford, a three-star Air Force general known for a historic handshake in space with a Soviet cosmonaut nearly 50 years ago, died Monday in Florida. He was 93 ...

NASAThe legendary NASA astronaut Tom Stafford, who was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize for his famed handshake in space with a Soviet cosmonaut amid Cold War tensions, died Monday at 93, his ...

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Handshake started 4 decades of space cooperation 02:42 For more on the most important and iconic moments of the 1970s, watch CNN’s “ The Seventies ,” Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET/PT.