Europe, Russia To Join Forces for Future Rocket Development

摘要

Europe and Russia will sign a broad launcher-cooperation agreement Jan. 19 covering the use of Russia's Soyuz rocket by Europe and a long-term agreement on co-development of future launch vehicles, European Space Agency (ESA) Director-General Jean-Jacques Dordain said. The accord, to be signed in Moscow, should help ease concerns in Europe that a promised Euro-Russian future-launcher program was not taking shape as expected.