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LESSONS OF THE RUSSIAN-US COOPERATION IN SPACE. Yevgeny Zvedre Senior Counselor of the Russian Embassy for Science and Technolo g y, Washington, DC Boston University, 12 April 2007. 2007 – a Year of Space 100th anniversary of Sergey Korolev
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LESSONS OF THE RUSSIAN-US COOPERATION IN SPACE Yevgeny Zvedre Senior Counselor of the Russian Embassy for Science and Technology, Washington, DC Boston University, 12 April 2007
2007 – a Year of Space 100th anniversary of Sergey Korolev 150th anniversary of Constantine Tsyolkovsky 40th anniversary of the Outer Space Treaty 50th anniversary of the launch of the first man-made satellite
USSR and USA: moving towards cooperation in space October 4, 1957 - launch of the SPUTNIK April 12, 1961 - first orbital human flight by Y.Gagarin May 1, 1961 - A.Shepard – first American in space June 1962 - first space agreement between NASA and the Soviet Academy of Sciences May 1972 - first bilateral Agreement on Peaceful Space Cooperation May 24, 1972 - A.Kosygin and R.Nixon sign Agreement on the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (APSTP) July 17, 1975 - Soyuz and Apollo spacecraft dock in Earth orbit
Russia and USA: real partners in space June 17, 1992 - agreement on exploration of outer space between newly emerged Russia and the US signed by Presidents B.Yeltsin and G.Bush October 1992 - agreement on a long-duration flight of a US astronaut on Mir Space Station in 1995 April 1993 - first contact to discuss perspectives of Russia joining the future ISS program March 14, 1995 - N.Thagard – first American astronaut launched on Soyuz, three months stay aboard Mir June-July 1996 - Space Shuttle Atlantis docks with Mir Nov.-Dec. 1998 - launches of two first modules of the International Space Station August 1999 - return of the last expedition to Mir, the Station left unoccupied for the first time in decade Oct.-May 2000 - first Russian-US crew delivered to the ISS
International Space Station is a unique experience in working out necessary political, technological, administrative and legal arrangements for building large scale international projects through multilateral effort, largest international research facility in space, and a spring board and test bed for future space exploration.