These three NASA astronauts are the American flight crew for the 1975 Apollo Soyuz Test Project ASTP mission. The prime crewmen for the joint U.S.-Soviet Union space flight are, left to right, Donald K. Slayton, docking module pilot; Vance D. Brand, command module pilot; and Thomas P. Stafford, commander. They are in their space suits with a model of the Apollo-Soyuz capsules in docking mode in front of them. 15240 thru 15243 ; 1. SLAYTON, DONALD K. 2. BRAND, VANCE D.