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Skylab and the Apollo–Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) built on the Apollo program by using vehicles, certified suit designs, and existing hardware. However, Skylab and ASTP were both a change in direction from Apollo. Where Apollo was a race to the Moon, Skylab was meant to establish long-duration U.S. manned presence in easily accessible space and ASTP attempted to build cooperation with a nation that was still a philosophical and potentially military adversary.
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Thomas, K.S., McMann, H.J. (2012). Skylab and the Apollo–Soyuz Test Project suit systems (1969–1975). In: U. S. Spacesuits. Springer Praxis Books(). Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9566-7_9
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