MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION AND THE EUROPEAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION FOR A COOPERATIVE PROGRAMME CONCERNING DEVELOPMENT, PROCUREMENT AND USE OF A SPACE LABORATORY IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE...Memorandum of Understanding • July 14th, 2022
Contract Type FiledJuly 14th, 2022Pursuant to the offer of the Government of the United States of America to Europe to participate in the major US space programme which follows the Apollo programme, and in particular in the development of a new space transportation system (Space Shuttle), the execution of which has been entrusted by the Government of the United States of America to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), European States, members of the European Space Research Organisation (ESRO), have manifested their desire to develop a Space Laboratory, hereinafter referred to as "SL", in the form of a Special Project within ESRO, for the purpose of participation in the Space Shuttle programme. These States, by means of an international Arrangement have charged ESRO or its successor organisation with the execution of the SL programme. In order to provide for appropriate association of the two Agencies in the execution of both programmes and in order to assure the necessary coordination between them,