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Space Cooperation

Date: 09/30/2009 Description: The Soyuz TMA-16 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Sept. 30, 2009 carrying Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Jeffrey N. Williams, Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev and Spaceflight Participant Guy Laliberté to the International Space Station. © NASA/Bill Ingalls photo
Date: 02/29/2012 Description: NASA Administrator Bolden (left) and Roscosmos Head Popovkin (right) sign a protocol of their Space Cooperation Working Group meeting. © NASA Image
Date: 05/14/2010 Description: Space Shuttle Atlantis lifts off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on the STS-132 mission to the International Space Station carrying the Russian Mini Research Module-1, known as ''Rassvet'' (''dawn'' in Russian), May 14, 2010. © NASA photo

“Recognizing our nations’ successful cooperation in space over the past several decades, from the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project to the International Space Station Program, we look forward to expanding our cooperation in space exploration.”

Working Group Chairpersons:

U.S. Chairperson: Charles F. Bolden, Jr., National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Administrator
Russia Chairperson: Vladimir Popovkin, Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) Head

Working Group Coordinators:

U.S. Coordinator: Michael F. O’Brien, NASA Office of International and Interagency Relations Associate Administrator
Russia Coordinator: Sergey Savelyev, Roscosmos Deputy Head

Working Group Web Links:

NASA
Roscosmos


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