1. LESSONS OF THE RUSSIAN-US COOPERATION IN SPACE LESSONS OF THE RUSSIAN-US COOPERATION IN SPACE Yevgeny Zvedre Senior Counselor of the Russian Embassy Senior Counselor of the Russian Embassy for Science and Technology, Washington, DC for Science and Technology, Washington, DC Boston University, 12 April 2007

3. 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

4. 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

5. Russia and USA: real partners in space

6. Russia and USA: real partners in space 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

7. 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.

8. new opportunities tremendous challenges new opportunities tremendous challenges