<description>&lt;p&gt;A critical problem emerged during the separation and ignition of the third stage approximately five minutes into the flight.&lt;br /&gt;
A failure in the electrical system responsible for releasing the locks securing the core stage of the booster to the third stage resulted in only one side of the locks disengaging. &lt;a href="https://www.spacerockethistory.com/2024/08/space-rocket-history-444-apollo-soyuz-test-project-competition-and-cooperation/"&gt;Continue reading &lt;span class="meta-nav"&gt;→&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The post &lt;a href="https://www.spacerockethistory.com/2024/08/space-rocket-history-444-apollo-soyuz-test-project-competition-and-cooperation/"&gt;Space Rocket History #444 – Apollo-Soyuz Test Project – Competition and Cooperation&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a href="https://www.spacerockethistory.com"&gt;Space Rocket History Podcast&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

A critical problem emerged during the separation and ignition of the third stage approximately five minutes into the flight. A failure in the electrical system responsible for releasing the locks securing the core stage of the booster to the third sta...

A critical problem emerged during the separation and ignition of the third stage approximately five minutes into the flight.<br />
A failure in the electrical system responsible for releasing the locks securing the core stage of the booster to the third stage resulted in only one side of the locks disengaging. Continue reading →

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Space Rocket History #444 – Apollo-Soyuz Test Project – Competition and Cooperation

Space Rocket History #444 – Apollo-Soyuz Test Project – Competition and Cooperation

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