This essay is a history and analysis of the steps leading to the origins of the space station partnership between the United States and its closest allies. It traces the process that led to the decision to invite other countries to participate in the project and their reasons for accepting that invitation. Not covered in this account are the difficult negotiations during the 1984-1988 period that led first to an initial set of agreements that allowed the prospective partners to work together during the early stages of the space station program and then to the final set of agreements creating the original space station partnership. Also, the 1993 invitation to the Russian Federation to join the original partners is not discussed, nor are the subsequent negotiations to revise the 1988 agreements.


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    Title :

    Monographs in Aerospace History Series No. 11. Together in Orbit: The Origins of International Participation in the Space Station


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    Publication date :

    1998


    Size :

    60 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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