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Rob and Dennis amuse the Namibian locals with their custom-built safari vehicle before heading out to the desert.

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U.N. Secretary General Kurt Waldheim congratulates the American and Soviet astronauts for the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. On July 17, 1975, Commanders Thomas P. Safford and Aleksei Leonov shook hands in space.

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