The National Aeronautics and Space Administration of the United States
of
America (hereinafter "NASA")
and
the Russian Space Agency (hereinafter "RSA"),
RECOGNIZING the Agreement among the Government of Canada, Governments
of Member States of the European Space Agency, the Government of Japan,
the Government of the Russian Federation, and the Government of the
United States of America Concerning Cooperation on the Civil International
Space Station signed on January 29, 1998, (hereinafter "the Intergovernmental
Agreement"),
CONSIDERING the Memorandum of Understanding between NASA and the European
Space Agency (ESA) Concerning Cooperation on the Civil International
Space Station signed January 29, 1998,
CONSIDERING the Memorandum of Understanding between NASA and the Canadian
Space Agency (CSA) Concerning Cooperation on the Civil International
Space Station signed on January 29, 1998,
CONSIDERING the Memorandum of Understanding between NASA and the Government
of Japan (the GOJ) on Cooperation in the Detailed Design, Development,
Operation and Utilization of the Permanently Manned Civil Space Station
signed on March 14, 1989, as amended, and recognizing that the GOJ
has designated the Science and Technology Agency of Japan (STA) in
that Memorandum of Understanding as its Cooperating Agency, as provided
for in Article 4 of the Intergovernmental Agreement,
RECOGNIZING the Agreement between the United States of America and
the Russian Federation concerning Cooperation in the Exploration and
Use of Outer Space for Peaceful Purposes of June 17, 1992,
RECOGNIZING the successful cooperation being conducted by NASA and
RSA under the Implementing Agreement Between NASA and RSA on Human
Space Flight Cooperation of October 5, 1992, and the Protocols to
that Agreement of December 16, 1993, and February 7, 1997,
RECALLING the Summit Meeting of April 3, 1993, between Presidents
Clinton and Yeltsin which established the Joint Commission on Energy
and Space,
RECALLING the Joint Statement of September 2, 1993, on Cooperation
in Space issued by the US-Russian Joint Commission on Energy and Space
chaired by Vice President Gore and Prime Minister Chernomyrdin,
RECALLING the Joint Statement of December 16, 1993, on Space Cooperation
issued by the US-Russian Joint Commission on Economic and Technological
Cooperation chaired by Vice President Gore and Prime Minister Chernomyrdin,
RECOGNIZING the Joint Invitation extended to the Government of the
Russian Federation from the Governments of the Space Station Partners
of December 6, 1993; and further recognizing the acceptance of the
invitation by the Government of the Russian Federation on December
17, 1993,
CONSIDERING the commitments of NASA in the Space Station Program Implementation
Plan of September 7, 1993,
RECOGNIZING the Addendum to the Space Station Program Implementation
Plan of November 1, 1993,
RECALLING the Joint Statement of June 23, 1994, on Space Cooperation
issued by the US-Russian Joint Commission on Economic and Technological
Cooperation chaired by Vice President Gore and Prime Minister Chernomyrdin,
RECOGNIZING the Interim Agreement between NASA and RSA signed on June
23, 1994, for the Conduct of Activities Leading to Russian Partnership
in the Detailed Design, Development, Operation and Utilization of
the Permanently Manned Civil Space Station, and
CONVINCED that this cooperation among NASA, RSA, ESA, STA and CSA
(hereinafter the "partners"), implementing the provisions
established in the Intergovernmental Agreement will further expand
cooperation through the establishment of a long-term and mutually
beneficial relationship and will further promote cooperation in the
exploration and peaceful use of outer space,
Have agreed as follows:
ARTICLE 1
Purpose and Objectives
1.1. The purpose of this Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is, pursuant
to Article 4 of the Intergovernmental Agreement and on the basis of
genuine partnership, to establish arrangements between NASA and RSA
(hereinafter "the Parties") implementing the provisions
of the Intergovernmental Agreement, in accordance with international
law. This MOU implements, is intended to be consistent with and is
subject to the provisions of the Intergovernmental Agreement. Additional
arrangements implementing provisions of this MOU, as agreed pursuant
to Article 4.2 of the Intergovernmental Agreement between duly authorized
representatives of the Parties, are subject to this MOU. Implementing
arrangements include amendments to any existing arrangements that
may be agreed between the Parties in the course of their Space Station
cooperation under this MOU.
1.2. The specific objectives of this MOU are:
- to provide the basis for cooperation between NASA and RSA in the
detailed design, development, operation and utilization of the permanently
inhabited civil international Space Station for peaceful purposes,
in accordance with international law;
- to detail the roles and responsibilities of NASA and RSA, taking
into account the roles and responsibilities of ESA, the GOJ and CSA,
in the detailed design, development, operation and utilization of
the Space Station and also to record the commitments of NASA and RSA
to each other and to ESA, the GOJ and CSA;
- to establish the management structure and interfaces necessary
to ensure effective planning and coordination in the conduct of the
detailed design, development, operation and utilization of the Space
Station;
- to provide a basis for cooperation that maximizes the total capability
of the Space Station to accommodate user needs and that ensures that
the Space Station is operated in a manner that is safe, efficient
and effective for both Space Station users and Space Station operators;
and
- to provide a general description of the Space Station and the elements
comprising it.
ARTICLE 2
General Description of the Space Station
2.1. NASA, RSA, the GOJ, ESA, and CSA will join their efforts, under
the lead role of NASA for overall management and coordination, to
create an integrated international Space Station (hereinafter "the
Space Station"). NASA and RSA, drawing on their extensive experience
in human space flight, will produce elements which serve as the foundation
for the Space Station. The GOJ and ESA will produce elements that
will significantly enhance the Space Station's capabilities. CSA's
contribution will be an essential part of the Space Station.
2.2. The Space Station will be a unique permanently inhabited multi-use
facility in low Earth orbit, with flight elements provided by all
the partners and Space Station-unique ground elements to support the
operation and utilization of the elements on orbit.
2.3. The Space Station will enable its users to take advantage of
human ingenuity in connection with its low-gravity environment, the
near-perfect vacuum of space and the vantage point for observing the
Earth and the rest of the Universe. Specifically, the Space Station
and its evolutionary additions could provide for a variety of capabilities,
for example:
- a laboratory in space, for the conduct of science and applications
and the development of new technologies;
- a permanent observatory in high-inclination orbit, from which to
observe Earth, the Solar System and the rest of the Universe;
- a transportation node where payloads and vehicles are stationed,
assembled, processed and deployed to their destination;
- a servicing capability from which payloads and vehicles are maintained,
repaired, replenished and refurbished;
- an assembly capability from which large space structures and systems
are assembled and verified;
- a research and technology capability in space, where the unique
space environment enhances commercial opportunities and encourages
commercial investment in space;
- a storage depot for consumables, payloads and spares; and
- a staging base for possible future missions, such as a permanent
lunar base, a human mission to Mars, robotic planetary probes, a human
mission to survey the asteroids, and a scientific and communications
facility in geosynchronous orbit.
ARTICLE 3
Space Station Elements
3.1. The Space Station will consist of elements provided by the partners
comprising both flight elements and Space Station-unique ground elements.
The elements are summarized in the Annex to the Intergovernmental
Agreement and are further elaborated in this Article. Their requirements
are defined and controlled in appropriate program documentation as
provided for in Article 7.
3.2. NASA Space Station Flight Elements: NASA will design, develop
and provide on orbit the following flight elements including subsystems,
the U.S. Extravehicular Activity (EVA) system, flight software and
spares as required:
- one permanently attached Habitation Module with complete basic
functional outfitting to support habitation for four crew members,
including primary storage of crew provisions and the health maintenance
system;
- one permanently attached multipurpose Laboratory Module, located
so as to contain the optimum microgravity environment of the Space
Station payload accommodations, with complete basic functional outfitting,
including accommodations for International Standard Payload Racks
and provisions for storage of NASA spares, and secondary storage of
crew provisions;
- one permanently attached Centrifuge Accommodation Module, with
complete basic functional outfitting, a centrifuge rotor, and accommodations
for International Standard Payload Racks which will contain a glovebox
and specimen habitats;
- three Nodes which provide pressurized volume for crew and equipment
and connections between Space Station pressurized elements;
- Truss Assembly which provides Space Station structure for attaching
elements and systems;
- four accommodation sites for external payloads attached to the
Space Station Truss Assembly;
- Solar Photovoltaic Power Modules and associated power distribution
and conditioning equipment which serve as the primary Space Station
electrical power source, providing an average of 75kW;
- one FGB Energy Block, a self-sufficient orbital transfer vehicle
which contains propulsion, guidance, navigation and control, communications,
electrical power, thermal control systems, and stowage capacity (hereinafter
"FGB");
- one airlock for purposes of crew and equipment transfer with the
capability to accommodate U.S. and Russian space suits;
- crew rescue vehicle with capabilities to support the rescue and
return of a minimum of four crew;
- logistics carriers which provide the delivery of water, atmospheric
gases and crew supplies and delivery and return of dry cargo, including
crew supplies, logistics and scientific equipment; and
- one Mobile Transporter which will serve to provide translation
capability for the Mobile Servicing Center.
3.3. RSA Space Station Flight Elements: RSA will design, develop and
provide on orbit the following flight elements including subsystems,
the RSA Extravehicular Activity (EVA) system, flight software and
spares as required:
- Service Module providing a capability for attitude control and
reboost with complete basic functional outfitting to support habitation
of three crew members;
- two Life Support Modules to accommodate additional equipment to
support Space Station crew and supplement the life support functions
present in the Service Module;
- two Docking Compartments to support EVA for assembly and operations;
- Universal Docking Module, which includes gyrodynes to provide docking
and pressurized access to the Russian elements and a capability to
support research activities;
- Science Power Platform which will provide an average of 19 kW and
which includes Autonomous Thrusting Facilities, power distribution
and conditioning equipment, accommodation sites for external payloads
and a remote manipulator system;
- two Research Modules with a complete set of equipment to support
research activities;
- Soyuz TM vehicle to provide on-orbit shelter, crew rescue and emergency
crew return functions in accordance with technical capabilities of
one permanently docked Soyuz TM vehicle;
- Progress vehicle to provide Space Station reboost capabilities
and delivery of infrastructure elements, propellant, water, atmospheric
gases and delivery and return of dry cargo, including crew supplies,
logistics and scientific equipment; and
- Docking and Stowage Module to accommodate additional stowage and
support Soyuz docking.
3.4. ESA, the GOJ and CSA Space Station Flight Elements: As reflected
in the MOU between NASA and ESA, the MOU between NASA and the GOJ
and the MOU between NASA and CSA:
3.4.a. ESA Space Station Flight Elements: ESA will design, develop
and provide on orbit the following flight elements including subsystems,
flight software and spares as required:
- one European pressurized laboratory permanently attached to the
Space Station, with complete basic functional outfitting, including
accommodations for International Standard Payload Racks and accommodations
for external payloads, and provisions for storage of ESA spares and
secondary storage of crew provisions; and
- logistics carriers which provide system operations support, user
logistics and on-orbit supply and orbital transfer vehicles which
provide thrust capability for orbit adjustments (reboost).
3.4.b. The GOJ Space Station Flight Elements: The GOJ will design,
develop and provide on orbit the following flight elements including
subsystems, flight software and spares as required:
- one Japanese Experiment Module (JEM), a permanently attached multipurpose
research and development laboratory, consisting of a pressurized module,
an Exposed Facility and at least two Experiment Logistic Modules,
and including a scientific equipment airlock, the JEM remote manipulator
and IVA control/monitoring of the JEM Remote Manipulator System (JEM-RMS),
with complete basic functional outfitting, including accommodations
for International Standard Payload Racks and provisions for storage
of STA spares and secondary storage of crew provisions; and
- logistics carriers which provide system operations support, user
logistics and on-orbit supply.
3.4.c. CSA Space Station Flight Elements: Canadian elements will be
developed to play the predominant role in satisfying the following
functions for the Space Station:
- attached payload servicing (external);
- Space Station assembly;
- Space Station maintenance (external);
- transportation on Space Station;
- deployment, retrieval and berthing; and
- EVA support.
3.4.c.1. CSA will design, develop and provide the following flight
elements of the Mobile Servicing System, including subsystems, flight
software and spares, as required:
- The Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS);
- The Mobile Remote Servicer Base System (MBS); and
- One Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator (SPDM).
The SSRMS, the MBS and the NASA-provided Mobile Transporter comprise
the Mobile Servicing Center (MSC). The MSC together with the SPDM
comprise the Mobile Servicing System (MSS).
3.5. Space Station-unique ground elements will be provided by NASA,
RSA and the other partners. These elements will be adequate to support
the detailed design and development (including assembly and verification),
the continuing operation and the full international utilization of
each partner's flight elements listed above. The requirements for
these elements will be defined and controlled in appropriate program
documentation as provided for in Article 7.
3.5.a. NASA will provide the following Space Station-unique ground
elements: equipment required for specialized or unique integration
or, as the case may be, for launch or return to Earth; ground support
equipment (GSE) and flight support equipment (FSE) including necessary
logistics; engineering support centers and user support centers; test
equipment, mock-ups, simulators, crew training equipment, software
and any facilities necessary to house these items; the Space Station
Control Center (SSCC); the Payload Operations Integration Center (POIC);
the Space Station Training Facility (SSTF); Space Station verification
and test facilities; subsystem test beds; and elements related to
logistics support and to software development, integration, test and
verification.
3.5.b. RSA will provide the following Space Station-unique ground
elements: equipment required for specialized or unique integration
or, as the case may be, for launch or return to Earth; GSE and FSE
including necessary logistics; engineering support centers and user
support centers; test equipment, mock-ups, simulators, crew training
equipment, software and any facilities necessary to house these items;
Mission Control Center-Moscow (MCC-M); Russian payload operations
integration facilities; the Cosmonaut Training Center; Russian verification
and test facilities; subsystem test beds; and elements related to
logistics support and to software development, integration, test and
verification.
3.5.c. As reflected in the MOU between NASA and ESA, in the MOU between
NASA and the GOJ, and in the MOU between NASA and CSA, ESA, the GOJ,
and CSA will provide the following Space Station-unique ground elements:
equipment required for specialized or unique integration or, as the
case may be, for launch or return to Earth; GSE and FSE including
necessary logistics; operations control centers, engineering support
centers and user support centers; and test equipment, mock-ups, simulators,
crew training equipment, software and any facilities necessary to
house these items.
ARTICLE 4
Access to and Use of the Space Station
4.1. NASA and RSA will each assure access to and use of their Space
Station flight elements listed in Article 3.
4.2. The partners' utilization of flight elements listed in Article
3 will be as provided in the allocation commitments set forth in Article
8 of this MOU and of the corresponding MOU between NASA and ESA, the
MOU between NASA and the GOJ, and the MOU between NASA and CSA. Beyond
these allocation commitments, the capabilities of the Space Station
will be made available to the partners subject to specific arrangements
between the relevant partners.
4.3. In accordance with the procedures in Article 8, NASA and RSA
will each assure access to and use of their Space Station-unique ground
elements referred to in Article 3.5 by each other and the other partners
in order to support fully the utilization of the flight elements in
accordance with the Consolidated Operations and Utilization Plan provided
for in Article 8.1.c. As provided in Article 8, NASA and RSA will
each also assure access to and use of their Space Station-unique ground
elements by each other and the other partners for system operations
support.
4.4 As requested by either Party for its detailed design and development
activities, access to and use of the Space Station-unique ground elements
provided by either Party will be granted on a space-available basis
and subject to specific arrangements.
ARTICLE 5
Major Program Milestones
5.1 The Space Station programs of NASA and RSA each include detailed
design and development. The NASA and RSA programs also include Space
Station operation and utilization. Because of the extended period
required to assemble the Space Station, detailed design and development
activities will overlap operation and utilization activities. After
the completion of detailed design and development which includes assembly
of the Space Station and one year of initial operational verification
(hereinafter "detailed design and development"), mature
operations and utilization will begin.
5.2. Major target milestones for the Space Station at signature of
this MOU
are as follows:
- First NASA-provided Space Station Element June 1998 (launched by
RSA)
- First RSA-provided Space Station Element Launch Dec 1998
- Permanent Human Presence Capability Jan 1999 (habitation and crew
rescue capability for three crew)
- NASA-provided Laboratory Module Launch May 1999
- RSA-provided Research Module Launch #1 Aug 2002
- Assembly Complete Dec 2003 (assembly of all permanently attached
elements listed in Article 3)
- Initiation of Mature Operations and Utilization Dec 2004
5.3. NASA and RSA will develop, maintain and exchange coordinated
implementation schedules. These schedules, including the dates for
the above milestones, the delivery dates for the RSA-provided elements
and the NASA-provided elements, and the assembly sequence for all
elements of the Space Station, will be updated as necessary and formally
controlled as described in Article 7.
ARTICLE 6
Respective Responsibilities
6.1. NASA Responsibilities
6.1.a. While undertaking activities related to the detailed design
and development of the Space Station elements described in Articles
3.2 and 3.5.a, and within the scope of the Parties' responsibilities
established elsewhere in this MOU, NASA will:
1. provide overall program management and coordination for detailed
design and development of an integrated Space Station and manage the
detailed design and development of the NASA-provided elements;
2. participate with RSA and the other partners in Space Station program
management mechanisms as provided in Articles 7 and 8;
3. perform overall system engineering and integration, with participation
of RSA and the other partners as necessary, which includes integrated
risk management activities, and perform system engineering and integration
and risk management for NASA-provided elements;
4. establish in Russia and accommodate in the United States agreed
liaison personnel as provided in Article 7.3;
5. provide regular progress and status information on overall Space
Station and NASA Space Station program activities and plans in accordance
with the documents described in Article 7.2;
6. conduct, together with RSA and the other partners, as necessary:
overall Space Station technical reviews, including integrated design,
critical design, design certification, safety and mission assurance,
operations readiness and flight readiness reviews, in order for NASA
to certify, following the certifications at element-level by each
partner for the elements it provides, that all Space Station infrastructure
and accommodations elements to be launched on the Space Shuttle are
acceptable for launch, on-orbit assembly and orbital operations or
if launched by RSA, in accordance with certification procedures as
agreed in program documentation, that RSA's elements are acceptable
for on-orbit assembly and orbital operations;
7. conduct for the elements it provides: technical reviews, including
integrated design, critical design, safety and mission assurance and
other reviews as set forth in the documents described in Article 7.2;
and provide for RSA and other partner participation as necessary for
NASA and RSA to fulfill their respective responsibilities under this
MOU;
8. provide for RSA participation in other partners' technical reviews
as necessary for NASA and RSA to fulfill their respective responsibilities
under this MOU;
9. participate in, as appropriate, and provide information as necessary
for RSA to conduct the reviews identified in Article 6.2.a.7;
10. provide to RSA, as applicable, program, systems requirements,
technical interface, systems design and systems operations information
necessary for assessment of the impact of NASA-provided elements on
the Space Station configuration and on the coordinated operation and
utilization of the Space Station and the integration of RSA-provided
elements described in Articles 3.3 and 3.5 into the Space Station
and on the coordinated operation and utilization of RSA-provided elements;
11. develop, with RSA, the agreed documentation described in Article
7.2;
12. establish with RSA and the other partners, compatible information
format and communication standards for a technical and management
information system, and establish and maintain a computerized technical
and
management information system. This system is to work in conjunction
with a compatible RSA computerized information system in accordance
with the principles outlined in documents described in Article 7.2;
13. establish, support and maintain telecommunications links at agreed
locations in Russia to facilitate Space Station program coordination
through Assembly Complete, via the NASA Wide Area Network;
14. establish, in consultation with the other partners, verification,
safety and mission assurance requirements and plans in accordance
with Article 10;
15. perform ground integration tests as necessary to assure on-orbit
compatibility and perform verification and acceptance tests for the
flight elements in Article 3.2 and accommodate RSA representation
at such tests as necessary for NASA and RSA to fulfill their respective
responsibilities under this MOU;
16. ensure that the NASA-provided elements comply with overall Space
Station program requirements; confirm that RSA-provided elements comply
with overall Space Station program requirements; and maintain, and
provide to RSA on request, ground verification test procedures and
results that are required to verify that the interfaces of the NASA-provided
elements and the RSA-provided elements are as set forth in the documents
described in Article 7;
17. provide necessary ground and flight support equipment and initial
spares for each NASA-provided flight element; and perform qualification
and acceptance tests of this equipment according to Space Station
program requirements and interfaces as set forth in the documents
described in Article 7.2;
18. provide spares for the NASA-provided elements as required to
support assembly and initial operational verification;
19. establish Space Station software standards together with RSA
and the other partners and in accordance with the documents described
in Article 7.2, develop necessary hardware and software for software
production, develop flight and ground software related to elements
it provides in accordance with the established standards, and develop
a software integration, test and verification capability for the NASA-provided
elements and the Space Station program;
20. develop, in consultation with RSA and the other partners, an
architecture for the end-to-end data transmission between data sources
on the Space Station and the data users;
21. provide, as mutually agreed, command and telemetry formats and
lists for all NASA-provided elements and systems and provide samples
of such data streams; support demonstrations of the interface between
NASA-provided elements and RSA ground facilities;
22. establish the necessary voice, video and data communication links
between NASA and RSA's command and control and data handling facilities
in accordance with Articles 7, 8 and 12;
23. establish the Space Station Control Center (SSCC), the Payload
Operations Integration Center (POIC) and engineering and user support
centers as provided in Articles 3 and 8;
24. develop with RSA, together with the other partners, crew health
and medical care policies and procedures in accordance with Article
11;
25. develop an integrated logistics support system for the NASA-provided
flight elements, and an integrated logistics management capability
for the Space Station program, including resupply, on-board maintenance
and inventory integration, in accordance with the documents described
in Article 7.2;
26. establish with participation of RSA and the other partners, integrated
traffic plans for the Space Station in accordance with Articles 7,
8, 11 and 12; and
27. develop, and provide to the System Operations Panel described
in Article 8, baseline operations plans and logistics plans for the
NASA-provided elements describing routine systems capabilities and
defining maintenance requirements, including logistics requirements,
necessary for sustaining their functional performance.
6.1.b. While undertaking activities related to assembly, operations
and utilization of the Space Station, and within the scope of the
Parties' responsibilities established elsewhere in this MOU, NASA
will:
1. participate in Space Station management mechanisms and development
of documentation as provided in Articles 7 and 8, and in the sharing
of Space Station operations responsibilities as provided in Article
9;
2. maintain overall systems engineering, integration, risk management
and overall operations support capability for Space Station operations
and utilization with participation of RSA and the other partners as
necessary, and maintain systems engineering, integration, risk management
and operations support capability for operations and utilization of
the NASA-provided elements;
3. provide sustaining engineering, spares, operations support, training
and logistics support for the NASA-provided elements;
4. ensure that the NASA-provided elements comply with overall Space
Station program requirements; confirm that RSA-provided elements comply
with overall Space Station program requirements; and maintain, and
provide to RSA on request, on-orbit verification test procedures and
results that are required to verify that the interfaces of the NASA-provided
elements and the RSA-provided elements are as set forth in the documents
described in Article 7.2;
5. maintain Space Station software standards together with RSA and
the other partners, maintain necessary hardware and software for software
production, maintain flight and ground software related to the elements
it
provides, and maintain a software integration, test and verification
capability for the NASA-provided elements and the Space Station program;
6. maintain necessary voice and data communications links between
NASA and RSA's command and control and data handling facilities in
accordance with Articles 7, 8 and 12;
7. maintain and operate the SSCC, the POIC, and engineering and user
support centers as provided in Articles 3 and 8 and support integrated
Space Station command and control functions;
8. maintain with RSA, together with the other partners, crew health
and medical care policies and procedures and support provision of
Space Station crew health in accordance with Article 11;
9. maintain the integrated logistics support system and the integrated
logistics management capability described in Article 6.1.a.25;
10. maintain with the other partners, integrated traffic plans for
the Space Station in accordance with Articles 7, 8, 11 and 12;
11. deliver on orbit the NASA, ESA, the GOJ and CSA-provided flight
elements, including their initial outfitting, in accordance with Article
12 and in accordance with the assembly sequence controlled by appropriate
program documentation as described in Article 7;
12. assemble on orbit, activate, and verify interfaces and performance
of
the NASA, ESA, the GOJ and CSA-provided flight elements in accordance
with
agreed assembly, activation and verification plans;
13. assist in the assembly, on-orbit activation and performance verification
of the RSA-provided elements in accordance with agreed assembly, activation
and verification plans;
14. deliver on orbit, and assemble, with the cooperation and technical
support of RSA, the RSA-provided SPP and its solar arrays as agreed;
15. provide logistics flights for the NASA-provided elements, for
the elements provided by other partners including provision to RSA
of upmass and downmass capability as agreed; and for the Space Station
as a whole, in accordance with Articles 9 and 12;
16. provide crew rotation in accordance with the documents described
in Articles 7, 8 and 9, and implementing arrangements, to support
Space Station crew flight opportunities as described in Article 11.
Specific assignments of crew members to specific vehicles will be
made in accordance with the traffic planning process described in
Article 8;
17. provide crew rescue capability for a minimum of four crew members
beginning at Assembly Complete and for the duration of the Space Station
program. Any additional responsibilities for provision of crew rescue
capability will be as defined in implementing arrangements;
18. provide or arrange for provision of and deliver to RSA for delivery
on orbit, through Assembly Complete, crew food, supplies and personal
items as required to support crew flight opportunities for NASA, ESA,
the GOJ and CSA as agreed;
19. provide crew food, supplies and personal items as required to
support crew flight opportunities for NASA and deliver crew food,
supplies and personal items as required to support crew flight opportunities
for NASA, ESA, the GOJ and CSA following Assembly Complete;
20. augment RSA-generated electrical power, in accordance with agreed
power transfer schedules and provide electrical power on a contingency
basis thereafter, to maintain essential RSA-provided flight element
core systems, as agreed;
21. provide or arrange for provision of reboost and non-propulsive
attitude control as agreed;
22. deliver or arrange for delivery of on-orbit propellant for reboost
and propulsive attitude control as agreed;
23. provide the Space Station Training Facility (SSTF) and additional
training facilities to accommodate specific training for NASA-provided
elements and integrated flight crew and ground controller multi-segment
training;
24. provide necessary simulators and training materials and documentation
for NASA-provided elements for use in specific training for NASA-provided
elements and integrated operations and utilization training in the
United States and, upon agreement of the Parties, in Russia; support
development of interface standards between NASA and RSA simulators
to ensure RSA simulators meet SSTF interface standards; provide neutral
buoyancy and other mock-ups; and provide math models of NASA-provided
elements for use in development of part-task and full-task trainers;
25. integrate RSA-provided simulators, training materials, and documentation
for RSA-provided elements into the SSTF;
26. provide for NASA, RSA, and other partners' crew members and ground
controllers: specific training for NASA-provided elements and whole
station training consistent with the agreed upon overall Space Station
training flow and curriculum. The fidelity of this training will be
sufficient to ensure the capability to perform all anticipated tasks;
and
27. support training at other partners' facilities as agreed, consistent
with the overall Space Station training flow and curriculum.
6.2. RSA Responsibilities
6.2.a. While undertaking activities related to the detailed design
and development of the Space Station elements described in Articles
3.3 and 3.5.b, and within the scope of the Parties' responsibilities
established elsewhere in this MOU, RSA will:
1. support overall program management and coordination for detailed
design and development of an integrated Space Station and manage the
detailed design and development of the RSA-provided elements and the
Russian Segment;
2. participate with NASA and the other partners in Space Station
program management mechanisms as provided in Articles 7 and 8;
3. support overall system engineering and integration and perform
system engineering and integration, including risk management activities,
for the Russian Segment and the RSA-provided elements;
4. establish in the United States and accommodate in Russia agreed
liaison personnel as provided in Article 7.3;
5. provide regular progress and status information on RSA Space Station
program activities and plans in accordance with the documents described
in Article 7.2;
6. conduct flight readiness reviews to certify that elements to be
launched by RSA are acceptable for launch and on-orbit assembly, and
participate, with the other partners as necessary, and provide information
necessary for NASA to conduct, the technical reviews and certification
identified in Article 6.1.a.6, in accordance with agreed program documentation,
which will include integrated design, critical design, design certification,
safety and mission assurance, operations readiness and flight readiness
reviews;
7. conduct for the elements it provides: technical reviews, including
integrated design, critical design, safety and mission assurance,
and other reviews as set forth in the documents described in Article
7.2 and provide
for NASA and other partner participation as necessary for NASA and
RSA to fulfill their respective responsibilities under this MOU;
8. participate in, as appropriate, and provide information necessary
for ESA, the GOJ or CSA to conduct reviews identified in Article 6.1.a.8;
9. participate in, as appropriate, and provide information necessary
for NASA to conduct the reviews identified in Article 6.1.a.7;
10. provide to NASA, as applicable, program, systems requirements,
technical interface, systems design and systems operations information
necessary for integration and assessment of the impact of the RSA-provided
flight elements and the Russian Segment on the Space Station configuration
and on the coordinated operation and utilization of the Space Station;
11. develop, with NASA, the agreed documentation described in Article
7.2;
12. establish and maintain, in accordance with the principles outlined
in the documents described in Article 7.2, a compatible computerized
technical and management information system to work in conjunction
with the compatible NASA computerized information system referred
to in Article 6.1.a.12;
13. assist, as necessary, through Assembly Complete for NASA to fulfill
its responsibilities as described in Article 6.1.a.13, in the operations
and maintenance of the NASA Wide Area Network installed at agreed
locations in Russia;
14. establish, in consultation with the other partners, verification,
safety and mission assurance requirements and plans in accordance
with Article 10;
15. perform ground integration tests as necessary to assure on-orbit
compatibility and perform verification and acceptance tests for each
stage of assembly for the Russian Segment, as appropriate, and flight
elements in Article 3.3, and accommodate NASA representation at such
tests as necessary for RSA and NASA to fulfill their respective responsibilities
under this MOU;
16. ensure that the RSA-provided elements comply with overall Space
Station program requirements; and maintain, and provide to NASA on
request, ground verification test procedures and results that are
required to verify that the interfaces of the NASA-provided elements
and the RSA-provided elements are as set forth in the documents described
in Article 7;
17. provide necessary ground and flight support equipment and initial
spares for each RSA-provided flight element; and perform qualification
and acceptance tests of this equipment according to Space Station
program requirements and interfaces as set forth in the documents
described in Article 7.2;
18. provide spares for the RSA-provided elements as required to support
assembly and initial operational verification;
19. support the establishment of Space Station software standards
in accordance with the documents described in Article 7.2, develop
necessary hardware and software for software production, and develop
flight and ground software related to the elements it provides in
accordance with the established standards to work in conjunction with
the Space Station program software integration, test and verification
capability;
20. develop, in consultation with NASA and the other partners, an
architecture for the end-to-end data transmission between data sources
on the RSA-provided elements and the data users;
21. provide, as mutually agreed, command and telemetry formats and
lists for all RSA-provided elements and systems and provide samples
of such data streams; support demonstrations of the interface between
RSA-provided elements and NASA ground facilities;
22. support establishment of necessary voice, video and data communication
links between NASA and RSA's command and control and data handling
facilities. RSA communication resources will be used between RSA facilities
and jointly agreed interface points with NASA communication resources
in accordance with Articles 7, 8 and 12;
23. establish the Mission Control Center-Moscow (MCC-M) for the Space
Station program, payload operations integration facilities, and engineering
and user support centers as provided in Articles 3 and 8;
24. develop with NASA, together with the other partners, crew health
and medical care policies and procedures in accordance with Article
11;
25. develop an integrated logistics support system for the RSA-provided
flight elements, and support development of the integrated logistics
management capability for the Space Station program, including resupply,
on-board maintenance and inventory integration in accordance with
the documents described in Article 7.2;
26. develop traffic plans for the RSA-provided transportation systems
to support RSA-provided elements within the Russian Segment in order
to establish integrated traffic plans for the Space Station as described
in
Article 6.1.a.26; and
27. develop, and provide to the System Operations Panel described
in Article 8, baseline operations plans and logistics plans for the
RSA-provided elements within the Russian Segment describing routine
systems
capabilities and defining maintenance requirements.
6.2.b. While undertaking activities related to assembly, operations
and
utilization of the Space Station, and within the scope of the Parties'
responsibilities established elsewhere in this MOU, RSA will:
1. participate in Space Station management mechanisms and development
of documentation as provided in Articles 7 and 8, and in the sharing
of Space Station operations responsibilities as provided in Article
9;
2. support NASA's overall role described in Article 6.1.b.2, and
maintain systems engineering, integration, risk management and operations
support capability for operations and utilization of the Russian Segment
and the RSA-provided elements;
3. provide sustaining engineering, spares, operations support, training
and logistics support for the RSA-provided elements;
4. ensure that the RSA-provided elements comply with overall Space
Station program requirements; and maintain, and provide to NASA on
request on-orbit, verification test procedures and results that are
required to verify that the interfaces of the NASA-provided elements
and the RSA-provided elements are as set forth in the documents described
in Article 7.2;
5. support maintenance of Space Station software standards; maintain
necessary hardware and software for software production, and maintain
flight and ground software related to the elements it provides to
work in conjunction with the Space Station program software integration,
test and verification capability;
6. support maintenance of necessary voice and data communication
links between NASA and RSA's command and control and data handling
facilities in accordance with Articles 7, 8 and 12.
7. maintain and operate the MCC-M, payload operations integration
facilities, and engineering and user support centers as provided in
Articles 3 and 8 and support integrated Space Station command and
control functions;
8. maintain with NASA, together with the other partners, crew health
and medical care policies and procedures and support provision of
Space Station crew health in accordance with Article 11;
9. maintain the integrated logistics support system and support the
integrated logistics management capability described in Article 6.2.a.25;
10. maintain traffic plans for the RSA-provided transportation systems
to support the RSA-provided elements within the Russian Segment in
order to maintain integrated traffic plans for the Space Station as
described in Article 6.1.b.10;
11. deliver on orbit the RSA-provided flight elements, including
their initial outfitting, except as provided in Article 6.1.a.14,
in accordance with Article 12 and in accordance with the assembly
sequence controlled by appropriate program documentation as described
in Article 7;
12. assemble on orbit, activate and verify interfaces and performance
of RSA-provided flight elements in accordance with agreed assembly,
activation and verification plans;
13. assist in the assembly, on-orbit activation and performance verification
of the NASA-provided elements in accordance with agreed assembly,
activation and verification plans;
14. deliver to NASA for launch, and cooperate with NASA and provide
technical support for assembly of the SPP and its solar arrays as
agreed;
15. provide logistics flights in accordance with Articles 6.2.b.10,
9 and 12, and implementing arrangements, for the RSA-provided elements,
for the elements provided by NASA and other partners, and for the
Space Station as a whole;
16. provide crew rotation in accordance with the documents described
in Articles 7, 8 and 9, and implementing arrangements, to support
Space Station crew flight opportunities as described in Article 11.
Specific assignments of crew members to specific vehicles will be
made in accordance with the traffic planning process described in
Article 8;
17. provide crew rescue capability for three crew members beginning
at Permanent Human Presence Capability and for the duration of the
Space Station program. Any additional responsibilities for provision
of crew rescue capability will be as defined in implementing arrangements;
18. provide and deliver on orbit crew food, supplies and personal
items as required to support crew flight opportunities for RSA and,
prior to Assembly Complete, as agreed, deliver on-orbit crew food,
supplies and personal items as described in Article 6.1.b.18;
19. provide RSA-generated electrical power to NASA in accordance
with agreed power transfer schedules;
20. provide reboost and propulsive and non-propulsive attitude control
as agreed;
21. deliver on orbit propellant for reboost and propulsive attitude
control as agreed;
22. provide initial data transmission capability for the NASA-provided
elements as agreed;
23. provide the Cosmonaut Training Center and additional training
facilities to accommodate specific training for RSA-provided elements
and the Russian Segment and integrated flight crew and ground controller
multi-segment training;
24. provide necessary simulators and training materials and documentation
for RSA-provided elements for use in specific training for RSA-provided
elements and integrated operations and utilization training in Russia
and, upon agreement of the Parties, in the United States; support
development of interface standards between RSA and NASA simulators
to ensure RSA simulators meet SSTF interface standards; provide neutral
buoyancy and other mock-ups and; provide math models of RSA-provided
elements for use in development of part-task and full-task trainers;
25. integrate NASA-provided simulators, training materials, and documentation
for NASA-provided elements into training facilities in Russia;
26. provide training for RSA, NASA and other partners' crew members
and ground controllers: specific training for RSA-provided elements
and whole station training consistent with the agreed upon overall
Space Station training flow and curriculum. The fidelity of this training
will be sufficient to ensure the capability to perform all anticipated
tasks; and
27. support training at other partners' facilities, as agreed, consistent
with the overall Space Station training flow and curriculum.
6.3 FGB Responsibilities
6.3.a. Notwithstanding the foregoing responsibilities outlined in
this
Article, and within the scope of the Parties' responsibilities established
elsewhere in this MOU, with regard to the FGB:
1. NASA will provide detailed design and development of the FGB including
ground tests, verification, and ground support equipment; and
2. RSA will provide FGB ground transportation services from the production
site to the launch facility, prelaunch operations, launch, and on-orbit
operations, including on-orbit certification, assembly, spares and
maintenance. RSA will provide, if necessary, EVA activities for the
FGB. RSA's responsibilities to perform systems engineering and integration,
as provided in Article 6.2.a.3 and in accordance with implementing
arrangements, include FGB.
ARTICLE 7
Management Aspects of the Space Station Program Primarily Related
to
Detailed Design and Development
7.1. Management/Reviews
7.1.a. NASA and RSA are each responsible for the management of their
respective Space Station detailed design and development activities
consistent with the provisions of this MOU. This Article establishes
the management mechanisms to coordinate the respective Space Station
detailed design and development activities of NASA and RSA, to establish
applicable requirements, to assure safe operations, to establish the
interfaces between the Space Station elements, to review decisions,
to establish schedules, to review the status of activities, to report
progress and to resolve issues and technical problems as they arise.
7.1.b. The NASA-RSA Program Coordination Committee (PCC), co-chaired
by designated NASA and RSA representatives will meet periodically
throughout the lifetime of the program or promptly at the request
of either Party to review the Parties' respective detailed design
and development activities. The Co-Chairmen will together take those
decisions necessary to assure implementation of the cooperative detailed
design and development activities related to Space Station flight
elements and to Space Station-unique ground elements provided by the
Parties, including, as appropriate, activities related to design changes
of the Parties' flight elements during mature operations and utilization.
In taking decisions regarding detailed design and development, the
NASA-RSA PCC will consider operation and utilization impacts, and
will also consider detailed design and development recommendations
from the Multilateral Coordination Board described in Article 8.1.b.
However, decisions regarding operation and utilization activities
will be taken in accordance with Article 8. The Co-Chairmen will each
designate their respective members and will decide on the location
of meetings. If the Co-Chairmen agree that a specific detailed design
and development issues or decision requires consideration by another
partner at the PCC level, the NASA-RSA PCC may meet jointly with the
NASA-ESA PCC and/or the NASA-GOJ PCC and/or the NASA-CSA PCC.
7.1.c. Bilateral/Multilateral Program Reviews will be held as necessary
at which the designated representatives of NASA, RSA, and the other
partners as appropriate will report progress and discuss the status
of their detailed design and development program activities. The Bilateral
Program Reviews will be held as mutually agreed and will be co-chaired
by NASA and RSA. The Multilateral Program Reviews will meet as necessary
at the request of any partner and will be organized by NASA. Less
formal status reviews and technical meetings will be held as necessary;
representatives of the partners will attend these reviews and meetings.
7.1.d. Space Station requirements, configuration, including assembly
sequence, integrated traffic planning, allocation of housekeeping
resources for design purposes, and definition of element interfaces
through the completion of assembly and initial operational verification
and any related Space Station configuration activities will be controlled
by the Space Station Control Board (SSCB) chaired by NASA. The RSA
will be a member of the SSCB, and of such subordinate boards thereof
as may be agreed, attending and participating when RSA decides it
is appropriate and whenever these boards consider items which affect
the RSA-provided elements, interfaces between the NASA-provided and
the RSA-provided elements, interface between the RSA-provided elements
and the Shuttle, interfaces between the RSA-provided elements and
other partner-provided elements, or the accommodation of the Composite
Utilization Plan and the Composite
Operation Plan described in Article 8. Decisions by the SSCB Chairman
may be appealed to the NASA-RSA PCC, although it is the duty of the
SSCB Chairman to make every effort to reach consensus with RSA and
the other partners rather than have issues referred to the PCC level.
Such appeals will be made and processed expeditiously. Pending resolution
of appeals, RSA need not proceed with the implementation of an SSCB
decision as far as its provided elements are concerned. NASA may,
however, proceed with an SSCB decision as far as its provided elements
are concerned. Additional details regarding appeals to the NASA-RSA
PCC are contained in the Joint Program Plan described below. NASA
will be a member of the RSA Space Station control board (or its equivalent)
chaired by RSA, and of such subordinate boards thereof as may be agreed,
attending and participating as appropriate.
7.1.e. RSA will participate in selected NASA reviews on Space Station
requirements, architecture and interfaces as defined in the Joint
Management Plan (JMP) described in Article 7.2.b. These reviews are
program level reviews which assure that the Space Station Program
is progressing in accordance with relevant program documentation.
Similarly, NASA will participate in selected RSA reviews as defined
in the JMP; the other partners will participate as appropriate.
7.1.f. Through participation in the management mechanisms, NASA and
RSA agree to achieve commonality on the Space Station as required
by the overall Space Station safety requirements as defined pursuant
to Article 10. NASA and RSA also agree to work through the management
mechanisms in order to establish standard interfaces if necessary
for Space Station users in the permanently attached pressurized laboratories.
Exceptions to these requirements for commonality may be agreed on
a case-by-case basis between NASA and RSA. In addition, NASA and RSA
will work through the above management mechanisms to seek agreement
on a case-by-case basis regarding the use of interchangeable hardware
and software in order to promote efficient and effective Space Station
operations, including reducing the burden on the Space Station logistics
system.
7.2. Program Documentation
7.2.a. A Joint Program Plan for detailed design and development signed
by the designated representatives of NASA and RSA will cover the interrelationship
between the RSA program and the overall program, the NASA-RSA top-level
requirements including schedule, management relationships, NASA-RSA
Space Station organizational structures and additional details regarding
appeals to the NASA-RSA PCC. Any modification to the JPP will be approved
by the PCC.
7.2.b. The Joint Management Plan (JMP) defines the programmatic and
technical coordination processes and jointly developed documentation
used by NASA and RSA for all Space Station design development and
implementation activities. The JMP and all changes to the plan will
be jointly signed by the designated representatives of NASA and RSA.
7.2.c. The Concept of Operations and Utilization (COU) document is
the source of information which describes how the Space Station operates
and is operated. The content of the document will be consistent with
the tasks and products produced or prepared by the partners. This
document, during the detailed design and development phase of the
program, is under the control of the SSCB. However, decisions regarding
operation and utilization activities will be taken in accordance with
Article 8.
7.2.d. NASA, in conjunction with the other partners, develops an overall
Space Station Systems Specification based on information provided
by all partners which contains the performance and design requirements
for the Space Station flight element and ground facilities hardware
and software and provides the technical basis for overall conduct
of Space Station detailed design and development activities. The Systems
Specification, approved by the SSCB, contains the requirements related
to all partners' elements. Any modification to the Systems Specification
will be approved by the SSCB. The Systems Specification also includes
NASA-RSA joint requirements. The overall specifications on Space Station
systems will be jointly signed by the designated representatives of
NASA, RSA and the other partners.
7.2.e. NASA and RSA will develop a jointly signed Russian Segment
Specification that meets the requirements of the Systems Specification.
RSA will develop element specifications for RSA hardware/software
and these specifications will meet the requirements in the jointly
signed Segment Specification and the Systems Specification.
7.2.f. NASA and RSA will jointly develop and sign Interface Control
Documents (ICDs) which control interfaces: between the flight elements
comprising infrastructural elements and the flight elements comprising
accommodations elements as defined in Article 8.1.d; between the
flight elements comprising infrastructural elements; and, as appropriate,
between any other flight elements; between flight and ground elements;
or among ground elements. Any modifications or any additions to the
ICDs will occur through the SSCB-approved process. NASA will also
develop a Baseline Configuration Document (BCD), based on information
provided by all the partners, which will be the reference document
reflecting the configuration of the Space Station.
7.3. Liaison. The NASA Space Station Program Office and the RSA Division
for Manned Space Flight are responsible for NASA-RSA technical liaison
activities. In order to facilitate the working relationship between
the NASA Space Station Program Office in Houston and RSA Division
for Manned Space Flight, RSA will provide, and NASA will accommodate,
RSA liaison to the NASA Space Station Program Office. Similarly, NASA
will provide and RSA will provide support for accommodation of NASA
liaison to the RSA in Moscow. RSA may also provide additional representation
to NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C., to further facilitate the
program working relationships. Arrangements specifying all conditions
relating to the liaison relationships will be agreed and jointly signed
by the Co-Chairman of the NASA-RSA PCC.
ARTICLE 8
Management Aspects of the Space Station Program Primarily Related
to
Operations and Utilization
8.1. General
8.1.a. NASA will have the responsibility for the overall management
and coordination, through the management mechanisms established in
this Article, of the operation of the Space Station, including earth-to-orbit
vehicle access in accordance with Articles 4.1 and 12. NASA and RSA
each have responsibilities regarding the management of their respective
operations and utilization activities and the overall Space Station
operations and utilization activities, in accordance with the provisions
of this MOU. Operations and utilization activities will comprise long-range
planning and top-level management and coordination, which will be
performed by the strategic-level organizations; detailed planning
and support to the strategic-level organizations which will be performed
by the tactical-level organizations; and implementation of these plans
which will be performed by the execution-level organizations.
8.1.b. The Multilateral Coordination Board (MCB) meets periodically
over the lifetime of the program or promptly at the request of any
partner with the task to ensure coordination of the activities of
the partners related to the operation and utilization of the Space
Station. The Parties to this MOU and the other partners will plan
and coordinate activities affecting the safe, efficient and effective
operation and utilization of the Space Station through the MCB, except
as otherwise specifically provided in this MOU. The MCB comprises
representatives of NASA, RSA, ESA, STA and CSA. The NASA representative
will chair the MCB. The Parties agree that all MCB decisions should
be made by consensus. Where consensus cannot be achieved on any specific
issue within the purview of the MCB within the time required, the
Chairman is authorized to take decisions. Nothing in this paragraph
shall, however, affect the rights of any partner to use the consultation
and settlement of disputes provisions of Article 18. Pending resolution
of the issues through consultations, in accordance with the mechanism
established in Article 18, a partner has the right not to proceed
with implementation of a decision with respect to its elements. If
consensus cannot be achieved on issues not primarily technical or
programmatic in nature, including such issues with a political aspect
(for example, issues related to Articles 9.3(a) and 9.3(b) of the
Intergovernmental Agreement), the consultations and settlement of
disputes provisions of Article 18 only will apply. The Parties agree
that, in order to protect the interests of all partners in the program,
the operation and utilization of the Space Station will be most successful
when consensus is reached and when the affected partners' interests
are taken into account. MCB decisions will not modify rights of the
partners specifically provided in this MOU.
8.1.c. The MCB has established Panels responsible for the long-range
strategic coordination of the operation and utilization of the Space
Station, including supporting services such as transportation and
communications, called the System Operations Panel (SOP) and the User
Operations Panel (UOP) respectively, described in detail below. The
MCB has developed a SOP-UOP Charter that defines the organizational
relationships and responsibilities of these Panels, and the organizational
relationships of these Panels with the tactical- and execution-level
organizations described below. Any modifications to the SOP-UOP Charter,
including consolidation of the panels, will be approved by the MCB.
The MCB approves, on an annual basis, a Consolidated Operations and
Utilization Plan (COUP) for the Space Station based on the annual
Composite Operations Plan (COP) and the annual Composite Utilization
Plan (CUP) developed by the Panels and described below. In doing so,
the MCB will be responsible for resolving any conflicts between the
COP and the CUP which cannot be resolved by the Panels. The SOP and
UOP will work together to prepare the COUP as described in the SOP-UOP
Charter. The SOP-UOP Charter also delineates the Panels' delegated
responsibilities with respect to adjustment of the COUP. The COUP
will be implemented by the appropriate tactical- and execution-level
organizations. The MCB has also established a Panel for the coordination
of crew-related issues, called the Multilateral Crew Operations Panel
(MCOP), described in detail in Article 11.
8.1.d. Space Station Flight Elements. There are three categories of
Space Station flight elements:
- accommodations elements;
- infrastructural elements; and
- other flight elements.
The accommodations elements are the NASA-provided Laboratory Module,
the NASA-provided Centrifuge Accommodation Module, the ESA-provided
European pressurized laboratory, the GOJ-provided JEM including the
Exposed Facility and the Experiment Logistics Modules, the RSA-provided
Universal Docking Module payload accommodations and the RSA-provided
Research Modules (hereinafter the "laboratory modules");
and the RSA-provided accommodation sites for external payloads and
the NASA-provided accommodation sites for external payloads. The infrastructural
elements comprise Space Station flight elements, including servicing
elements such as the Mobile Servicing Center and other elements that
produce resources which permit all Space Station flight elements to
be operated and used. Other flight elements include the CSA-provided
SPDM and elements used to resupply the Space Station such as orbital
transfer vehicles and logistics carriers.
8.1.d.1. Housekeeping. Accommodations elements, infrastructural elements,
the CSA-provided SPDM and Space Station resources will be used for
assembly, for verification and for maintenance of the Space Station
in an operational status, and also for the storage of element spares
and crew provisions, with secondary storage of crew provisions to
be distributed among the laboratory modules. In such use, they are
referred to, respectively, as:
- housekeeping accommodations; and
- housekeeping resources.
During Space Station detailed design and development, these housekeeping
accommodations and housekeeping resources will be controlled in appropriate
program documentation as provided for in Article 7. During Space Station
mature operations and utilization, these housekeeping accommodations
and housekeeping resources will be controlled according to the mechanisms
in Article 8.2.d.
8.1.d.2. Utilization. The accommodations and resources not required
to maintain the Space Station in an operational status will be available
in connection with Space Station utilization, and are referred to,
respectively, as:
- user accommodations; and
- utilization resources.
Details regarding the allocation of the Space Station user accommodations
and utilization resources are provided in Article 8.3. NASA, RSA,
and the other partners agree to minimize the demands for housekeeping
accommodations and housekeeping resources in order to maximize those
available for utilization. NASA, RSA and the other partners will work
to establish standard interfaces between the elements and the user-provided
hardware and software.
8.2. Operations
8.2.a. It is the goal of the Parties to this MOU to operate the Space
Station in a manner that is safe, efficient and effective for both
Space Station users and Space Station operators. To accomplish this,
the MCB has established the SOP to coordinate strategic-level operations
activities and operations planning activities as provided for in Article
8.1.c.
8.2.b. The SOP will comprise one member each from NASA, RSA and the
other partners. Members may send designated alternates to SOP meetings.
In addition, each partner may call upon relevant expertise as necessary
to support SOP activities. The SOP will take decisions by consensus;
in the event of failure to reach consensus on any issue, the issue
will be forwarded to the MCB for resolution. In the interest of efficient
management, NASA and RSA recognize that the SOP should take the responsibility
routinely to resolve all operations issues as expeditiously as possible
rather than refer such issues to the MCB.
8.2.c. The SOP will develop, approve and maintain an Operations Management
Plan (OMP) for the operation, maintenance and refurbishment of and
logistics for the Space Station. This Plan will describe relationships
among the strategic, tactical and execution levels of operations management,
where the strategic level is coordinated by the SOP; the tactical
level, by the tactical operations organization referred to in Article
8.2.e; and the execution level, by implementing organizations and
field centers. Consistent with the other provisions of this Article,
the OMP will also address operational requirements for the Space Station
flight elements and Space Station-unique ground elements. The OMP
will provide the procedures for preparation of the baseline operations
plans and logistics and maintenance plans provided for in Articles
6.1.a.27 and 6.2.a.27, annual refinements to these baseline plans,
and the COP, described in Article 8.2.d, including procedures for
adjustment of these plans as further information becomes available.
8.2.d. On an annual basis, NASA and RSA will each provide to the SOP
any significant refinements to their baseline operations plans and
logistics and maintenance plans five years in advance. Using the operations
and logistics and maintenance plans and these refinements provided
by all of the partners, including requirements for use of Space Station-unique
ground elements, the SOP will develop and approve an annual COP consistent
with the annual CUP, described in Article 8.3.g. The COP will also
identify the housekeeping accommodations, housekeeping resources,
launch and return transportation services and data transmission capacity
required for maintenance of the Space Station in an operational status.
Compatibility of
the COP and the CUP must be assured through coordination between
the SOP and the UOP, described in Article 8.3.e, during the preparation
and approval process.
8.2.e. NASA, with the participation of RSA and the other partners,
will be responsible for integrated tactical-level activities for Space
Station operations. To this end, NASA will establish an integrated
tactical
operations organization and the other partners will participate in
discharging the responsibilities of this organization. The integrated
tactical-level activities for the detailed design and development
are controlled by the SSCB. NASA, RSA and the other partners will
assign experts on the elements each provides to perform integrated
tactical operations functions and to participate in overall integrated
tactical operations activities. NASA and RSA will consult and agree
regarding the procedures for support of integrated tactical activities,
the personnel, their location and all administrative conditions related
to RSA personnel located in the United States and those related to
NASA personnel located in Russia. In conjunction with the integrated
activities, NASA, RSA and the other partners will each perform distributed
tactical-level activities related to the elements and services each
provides, such as decentralized system operations support planning,
user support planning, logistics planning, and the accommodations
assessments described in Article 8.3.i. Integrated tactical-level
activities will include planning for system operations, user support
activities across all Space Station elements, Earth-to-orbit vehicle
capabilities, data transmission and Earth-to-orbit vehicle operations
within the operational control zone. Tactical-level activities for
Earth-to-orbit vehicles separated from the Space Station when outside
the operational control zone of the Space Station, as defined in the
program documentation provided for in Article 7, will be performed
by the Earth-to-orbit vehicle provider.
8.2.f. Multi-Increment Manifests for the Space Station will be developed
by the integrated tactical operations organization described in Article
8.2.e to implement the COUP. These manifests will implement launch
and return transportation agreements documented in the COUP and include
vehicle access, assembly activities, logistics and crew exchange.
In addition to the COUP, the Multi-Increment Manifests, Space Station
assembly and operational requirements, and payload integration documentation
will be used to develop the Increment Definition Requirements Document
(IDRD). The IDRD documents increment-specific plans and requirements,
is controlled by the integrated tactical operations organization and
is baselined two years prior to increment start. For periods up to
the completion of assembly and initial operational verification, the
IDRD will be controlled by the SSCB, as described in Article 7.1.d.
Each IDRD will describe the detailed manifest of user payloads, systems
support equipment and supplies needed to support the increment. Each
IDRD will also describe changes to the complement of hardware and
software to be flown during that increment and the payload and systems
support activities needed to carry out the activities approved in
the COUP. The IDRD will list the crew complement and define logistics
requirements, including Earth-to-orbit vehicle interface requirements,
changes to housekeeping resource requirements, changes to housekeeping
accommodation requirements, and communication requirements, including
communications systems use and requirements for distribution of data,
to support the subject increment. Earth-to-orbit vehicle integration
details regarding crew transportation, interface requirements for
station cargo planning, including pressurized and unpressurized carriers,
are contained in standard integration documentation as set forth in
the
documents described in Article 7.2 and defined by the integrated
tactical operations organization. Any changes to station resources,
including resources provided by other partners, are documented annually
via the
Operations Summary.
8.2.g.1. NASA, with the participation of RSA and the other partners,
will be responsible for integrated execution-level planning for and
management of integrated command and control. NASA will coordinate
the execution of the overall integrated operation of the Space Station.
Performance of integrated execution-level activities for the Space
Station as a whole will be implemented by the Space Station Control
Center (SSCC) and the Mission Control Center - Moscow (MCC-M) within
the integrated Space Station command and control concept: integrated
command and control of the Space Station during unmanned and manned
periods of operation, including crew rescue operations and management
of trajectory (ballistics), momentum, altitude and attitude of the
Space Station. Each partner will assign experts on the elements each
provides to participate in integrated execution-level activities,
and to support real-time on-orbit activities with emphasis on the
elements each provides. NASA and RSA will also consult and agree regarding
the procedures for support of integrated execution-level activities,
the personnel, their location, and administrative conditions related
to these personnel. NASA, RSA and the other partners will be responsible
for execution of the day-to-day operations in accordance with the
integrated planning. The SSCC, established and managed by NASA, will
provide integrated command and control of the Space Station and will
work in conjunction with the MCC-M, established and managed by RSA,
which will also provide command and control functions, including integrated
command and control functions for the Space Station as a whole as
agreed between NASA and RSA.
8.2.g.2. In addition to supporting the integrated operations as described
above for system operations of the elements they provide: NASA will
also establish, within the SSCC, its element-unique execution-level
operations functions; RSA will also establish, within the MCC-M, its
element-unique
execution-level operations functions; and the other partners will
establish element-unique execution-level operations functions. NASA,
RSA and each partner will consult and agree regarding the element-unique
execution-level operations functions to be performed by each partner
to work in conjunction with the integrated execution-level functions.
8.2.g.3. The interaction between the element-unique execution-level
operations functions and the integrated SSCC and MCC-M functions will
be described in the OMP. NASA, RSA and the other partners will provide
engineering support to perform detailed engineering assessments and
real-time operations support required for the operational control
of the Space Station elements they provide. Execution-level activities
for Earth-to-orbit vehicles separated from the Space Station flight
elements when outside the operational control zone of the Space Station
flight elements, as defined in the program documentation provided
for in Article 7, will be the responsibility of the Earth-to-orbit
vehicle provider. Execution-level activities for vehicles within the
operational control zone will be addressed through the integrated
execution-level planning activities described above.
8.3. Utilization
8.3.a. NASA, RSA, and CSA will provide Space Station infrastructural
elements to assemble, maintain, operate and service the Space Station;
NASA, RSA, and CSA will also provide resources derived from these
infrastructural elements to other partners as provided in Article
8.3.b. Any partner providing user accommodations will retain the use
of those accommodations, except for any allocations to other partners,
in compensation for their provision of resources, based on those partners'
contributions of infrastructural elements and taking into account
NASA's role in the overall program management, systems engineering
and integration. As applicable, accrued equivalent user accommodation
rights are accumulated by each partner first in its own user accommodations.
Consequently:
- NASA will retain the use of 97.7% of the user accommodations on
its laboratory modules, 97.7% of the use of its accommodation sites
for external payloads and will have the use of 46.7% of the user accommodations
on the European pressurized laboratory, and 46.7% of the user accommodations
on the JEM;
- RSA will retain the use of 100% of the user accommodations on its
laboratory modules and the use of 100% on its accommodation sites
for external payloads;
- ESA will retain the use of 51% of the user accommodations on its
laboratory module;
- The GOJ will retain the use of 51% of the user accommodations on
its laboratory module; and
- CSA will have the use of the equivalent of 2.3% of the Space Station
user accommodations provided by NASA, ESA and the GOJ.
Each partner will control the selection of users for its allocation
of user accommodations; such control will be exercised in accordance
with the procedures in this MOU, in the MOU between NASA and ESA,
in the MOU between NASA and the GOJ and in the MOU between NASA and
CSA for developing the CUP.
8.3.b. Allocation of Resources
With the exception of crew time, which is allocated as provided in
Article 8.3.c, allocation of Space Station resources among the partners
will be in accordance with the following approach. RSA will retain
100% of the housekeeping and utilization resources which RSA provides,
except as otherwise provided in Article 6. Other than those resources
provided to RSA in accordance with Article 6, resources provided by
NASA and CSA infrastructural elements will be made available to NASA,
the GOJ, ESA and CSA. These resources, excluding those which may be
used without allocation as provided in Article 8.3.d, will be allocated
as follows: housekeeping resources as noted in Article 8.1.d.1, and
required by elements provided by NASA, the GOJ, ESA and CSA, will
be set aside. The remaining resources, which are utilization resources,
will be allocated as follows: 76.6% of utilization resources will
be allocated to NASA; 12.8% of utilization resources will be allocated
to the GOJ; 8.3% of utilization resources will be allocated to ESA,
and 2.3% of utilization resources will be allocated to CSA; the above
allocation of utilization resources is to the partner, not to the
elements, and may be used by the partner on any Space Station element
consistent with the COUP. Plans for use of partner allocations of
Space Station resources will be developed through integrated planning
mechanisms as provided elsewhere in this Article. More than this
allocation of any utilization resource may be gained by each partner
through barter or purchase from other partners.
8.3.c. Allocation of Crew Time
8.3.c.1. During the period of a three-person crew, crew time required
for assembly, verification and maintenance of the Space Station in
an operational status will be set aside. Any remaining crew time will
be
allocated for utilization: 50% of the utilization crew time will
be allocated to NASA and 50% to RSA. The above allocations will be
adjusted through implementing arrangements as allocations to other
partners for utilization crew time begin. As applicable, specific
allocations of utilization crew time to the GOJ, ESA and CSA will
be commensurate with utilization resource allocations specified in
Article 8.3.b.
8.3.c.2. Following outfitting of the NASA-provided Habitation Module
and initial operational verification of the NASA-provided crew rescue
vehicle that allows expansion of the crew complement to seven, RSA
will have the rights to on-orbit crew time of the equivalent of three
crew to perform systems operations for, and utilization activities
in or on, its elements. NASA, the GOJ, ESA and CSA will share the
rights to on-orbit crew time of the equivalent of four crew to perform
systems operations for, and utilization activities in or on, their
elements as follows: crew time required for maintenance of the Space
Station in an operational status will be set aside; and any remaining
crew time will be allocated for utilization. Of this crew time remaining
for utilization, 76.6% will be allocated to NASA; 12.8% to the GOJ;
8.3% to ESA; and 2.3% to CSA. Further details regarding rights to
crew time are as agreed in implementing arrangements.
8.3.c.3. Allocation of crew time to the partners is for the purpose
of ensuring equitable distribution of crew time for partner activities.
Planning and execution of crew activities will be integrated in accordance
with Article 11.6.
8.3.d. Space Station Resources, and Transportation and Communications
Services
Space Station utilization resources are power; user servicing capacity,
including the services of the CSA-provided SPDM ; heat rejection capacity;
data handling capacity; crew time; and EVA capacity. The initial list
of Space Station utilization resources to be allocated is power and
crew time. All other Space Station utilization resources may be used
without allocation. To support the operation and full international
utilization of the Space Station as defined in Article 3, NASA, RSA,
the GOJ and ESA will provide launch and return transportation services
as provided in Article 12.1 and consistent with the integrated traffic
planning process. From the total Space Station user payload capacity
available on Space Station launch and return transportation flights
actually flown each year, each partner will have the right to obtain
launch and return transportation services, from any partner providing
such services, to support its Space Station utilization plan, commensurate
with its allocation of utilization resources, either through its own
provision of this capacity or through purchase from any other partner
providing such services. NASA, RSA, the GOJ and ESA will correspondingly
ensure, through the planning mechanisms established in this Article
and Article 12, that all partners can exercise their right to obtain
launch and return transportation services to support their Space Station
utilization plans. It is anticipated that NASA, RSA, the GOJ and ESA
will exercise this right first through provision of their own payload
launch and return transportation capacity. (The foregoing does not
apply to launch and return transportation capacity provided for the
Space Station in connection with Space Station evolutionary additions.)
Similarly, the partners will have the right to obtain, commensurate
with their allocation of utilization resources, TDRSS data transmission
capacity provided by NASA, RSA Data Relay Satellite data transmission
capacity, and data transmission capacity provided by other partners
as applicable, and available for the Space Station as provided in
Article 12.2. and consistent with the COUP. The UOP, defined in Article
8.3.e, will update the lists of utilization resources and allocated
utilization resources as necessary as NASA and the other partners
gain experience.
8.3.e. It is the goal of the Parties to use the Space Station in a
safe, efficient and effective manner. To accomplish this, the MCB
has established a UOP, to assure the compatibility of utilization
activities of the Space Station. The UOP will comprise one member
each from NASA, RSA and the other partners. Members may send designated
alternates to UOP meetings. In addition, each partner may call upon
relevant expertise as necessary to support UOP activities. The UOP
will take decisions by consensus; in the event of failure to reach
consensus on any issue, the issue will be forwarded to the MCB for
resolution. In the interest of efficient management, NASA and RSA
recognize that the UOP should take the responsibility to routinely
resolve all utilization issues as expeditiously as possible rather
than refer such issues to the MCB.
8.3.f. The UOP will develop, approve and maintain a Utilization Management
Plan (UMP) which will describe relationships among the strategic,
tactical and execution levels of utilization management, where the
strategic level is coordinated by the UOP; the tactical level, by
the integrated tactical operations organization described in Article
8.2.e.; and the execution level, by implementing organizations and
field centers. The UMP will also establish processes for utilization
of the Space Station elements, including the user support centers
and other Space Station-unique ground elements provided by all the
partners, consistent with
Article 8.3.e.; define standard user integration support and standard
user operations support; and describe the approach to distributed
user integration and operations. The UMP will provide procedures for
preparation of the partners' Utilization Plans and CUP described in
Article 8.3.g., including procedures for adjustment of these Plans
as further information becomes available.
8.3.g. Utilization Plan for the Space Station
8.3.g.1. On an annual basis, five years in advance, NASA, RSA, and
the other partners will each develop a Utilization Plan for all proposed
uses of its own allocation of Space Station user accommodations and
utilization resources, for the use of their right to obtain launch
and return transportation services and data transmission capacity,
and for all proposed uses of unallocated Space Station utilization
resources and Space
Station-unique ground elements. Each partner will satisfy the requirements
of its users for storage within the user accommodations available
to that partner, with the exception of temporary on-orbit storage
in the logistics carriers in which user equipment is launched or returned
to Earth as specified in the applicable IDRD. NASA, RSA, and the other
partners each will prioritize and propose appropriate schedules for
the user activities in its Utilization Plan, including the use of
user support centers and other Space Station-unique ground elements
to support the utilization of the flight elements. These individual
Utilization Plans will take into consideration all factors necessary
to assure successful implementation of the user activities, including
any relevant information regarding crew skills and special requirements
associated with the proposed payloads.
8.3.g.2. NASA and RSA each will forward its Utilization Plan to the
UOP. Using the Utilization Plans of NASA, RSA and the other partners,
the UOP will develop the CUP, covering the use of both flight and
Space
Station-unique ground elements, launch and return transportation
services and data transmission capacity, based on all relevant factors,
including each element-provider's recommendations regarding resolution
of technical and operational incompatibilities among the users proposed
for its elements. In its use of the Space Station, each partner will
seek, through the mechanisms established in this MOU, to avoid causing
serious adverse effects on the use of the Space Station by the other
partners. In the event of failure of the UOP to reach consensus on
the utilization of the Space Station flight elements and/or related
Space Station-unique ground elements, the issue will be forwarded
to the MCB for resolution.
8.3.g.3. Utilization Plans proposed by NASA, RSA and the other partners
which fall completely within their respective allocations and do not
conflict operationally or technically with one another's Utilization
Plans will be automatically approved. However, Articles 9.3(a), 9.3(b)
and 9.6 of the Intergovernmental Agreement will apply.
8.3.h. Each partner will perform tactical-level planning for its own
user activities. In its use of the Space Station, each partner will
seek to avoid causing serious adverse effects on the use of the Space
Station by the other partners. To this end, each partner will support
integrated tactical-level planning of user activities as provided
in Article 8.2.e, as will be specifically agreed.
8.3.i. A partner providing accommodations elements will be responsible
for providing standard user integration support and standard user
operations support for use of its accommodations elements by users
of the other partners or the other partners as users. In the case
of such use, the partner sponsoring the user will be responsible for
performing integration of its payload on the ground. Such integration
will be to appropriate standard interface levels as agreed among the
affected partners. Accommodations assessments for the integrated payload
complements manifested in an accommodation element covering engineering,
operations and software compatibility will also be performed by the
partner providing that accommodation element in support of the preparation
and execution of the IDRDs. Similarly, CSA will be responsible for
providing standard user integration support and standard user operations
support for users of the other partners or the other partners as users
of the flight elements provided by CSA. As required, NASA or RSA will
be responsible for providing standard user integration support and
standard user operations support for users of the other partners or
other partners as users of the Space Station systems or subsystems
each provides.
8.3.j. NASA, the GOJ, ESA and CSA will participate in discharging
the responsibilities of the Payload Operations Integration Center
(POIC) established and managed by NASA which will be responsible for
the following integrated functions for the Space Station as a whole:
overall integration of the planning of user activities on the Space
Station, overall direction of the execution of user activities on
the Space Station, and interaction with the SSCC in order to coordinate
user activities with systems operations activities. NASA will also
establish, within the POIC, its element-unique payload operations
integration functions. Each of these partners will provide personnel
to the POIC. These personnel will bring expertise on the accommodations
elements and payloads that partner provides, will participate in integrated
POIC-based activities and will support real time on-orbit activities
with emphasis on the accommodations elements and payloads each provides.
The partners may also participate in and provide personnel to other
execution-level utilization activities at other sites as agreed. RSA
will participate in the above activities as agreed in implementing
arrangements. For operations integration of all payloads in each of
the accommodation elements they provide, NASA, RSA, the GOJ and ESA
will establish element-unique payload operations integration functions
to work in accordance with the IDRD and in coordination with the POIC,
as provided above. The interaction between the integrated functions
of the POIC and the SSCC will be documented in the OMP. NASA, RSA,
the GOJ and ESA will also provide user support centers to assist Space
Station users in planning and executing user activities on the Space
Station. The interaction between the element-unique payload operations
integration functions, the user support functions, and the integrated
functions of the POIC will be described in the UMP.
8.3.k. In working out problems which may arise after the development
of the COUP, in the case of a technical or operational incompatibility
between users, the partner(s) providing the element(s) in which the
users have
accommodations, as well as other impacted partners, will provide
appropriate analyses and recommendations to the appropriate strategic-,
tactical- or execution- level organization for resolution of conflicts.
However, if such conflict only has impacts within a single Space Station
element and only impacts users of the provider of that element, the
partner providing that element will be responsible for resolving such
conflicts in accordance with the content of the COUP.
8.3.l. NASA, RSA and the other partners may at any time barter for,
sell to one another or enter into other arrangements for any portion
of their Space Station allocations, and are free to market the use
of their allocations individually or collectively, according to the
procedures established in the UMP. The terms and conditions of any
barter or sale will be determined on a case-by-case basis by the parties
to the transaction. The partner providing allocations will ensure
that the obligations it has undertaken under this MOU are met. NASA,
RSA and the other partners each may retain the revenues they derive
from such marketing.
8.3.m. NASA and RSA will make their Space Station-unique ground elements,
including user support centers, available for use by each other and
the other partners in order to support fully both the standard and
special user integration support and user operations support approved
in the CUP and the requirements in the COP. Any special user integration
support or user operations support provided by a partner to users
of the other partners or other partners as users will be provided
on a reimbursable basis at prices routinely charged comparable users
for similar services.
8.4. In order to protect the intellectual property of Space Station
users, procedures covering all personnel, including Space Station
crew, who have access to data are developed by the MCB.
8.5. The partners will seek to outfit the laboratory modules to equivalent
levels by the end of Space Station detailed design and development.
Article 9
Responsibilities for Operations Costs and Activities
9.1. The Parties, and the other partners under the relevant MOUs,
will seek to minimize operations costs for the Space Station. The
Parties, and the other partners under the relevant MOUs, will also
seek to minimize the exchange of funds, for example through the performance
of specific operations activities.
9.2. Element Operations Costs and Activities
9.2.a. NASA and RSA will each have operational responsibilities for
the elements it provides as detailed in Articles 6 and 8. Such operational
responsibilities mean that NASA and RSA will each be responsible for
element operations costs or activities, that is, costs or activities
attributed to operating and to sustaining the functional performance
of the flight elements that it provides, such as ground-based maintenance,
sustaining engineering, provision of spares, launch and return of
spares, launch and return costs of the fraction of the logistics carriers
provided for in Article 3 that is attributable to spares, and also
costs or activities attributed to the maintenance and operation of
element-unique ground centers.
9.3 Common System Operations Costs and Activities
9.3.a. NASA, RSA and the other partners will equitably share responsibilities
for the common system operations costs or activities: that is, costs
or activities attributed to the operation of the Space Station as
a whole. Common system operations costs and activities will not include
the element operations costs and activities described in Article 9.2
nor the user operations costs and activities described in Article
9.6. RSA will be responsible for the share of the common system operations
costs or activities corresponding to the support of the operation
of the elements it provides. NASA, the GOJ, ESA and CSA collectively
will be responsible for the share of the common system operations
costs or activities corresponding to the support of the operation
of elements they collectively provide using the following approach:
each will be responsible for a percentage of these common system operations
costs or activities equal to the percentage of Space Station utilization
resources allocated to them in Article 8.3.b. The categories comprising
common system operations are: integrated tactical planning activities
performed by the integrated tactical operations organization provided
for in Article 8.2.e, including user integration planning and maintenance
of common documentation; space system operations (operations and maintenance
of integrated SSCC and MCC-M functions, and common elements of software
integration, test and verification capability); operations and maintenance
of integrated POIC functions; integrated logistics management including
resupply, onboard maintenance and inventory integration; prelaunch/postlanding
processing of logistics carriers; and launch to orbit and return of
consumables, crew and crew logistics, and launch and return of the
fraction of the logistics carriers provided for in Article 3 that
is attributable to consumables and crew logistics. Any changes to
the list of categories comprising common system operations costs in
this Article will be made by the SOP .
9.3.b. RSA will perform common system operations activities contributing
to the support of the operation of the elements provided by the other
partners, and NASA will perform or arrange for other partners to perform
common system operations activities contributing to the support of
the operation of the elements provided by RSA, in accordance with
Articles 6 and 8. Compensation between NASA and RSA for performance
of these activities is as agreed in implementing arrangements. NASA,
the GOJ, ESA and CSA will work together in accordance with Article
9.4 and as agreed by NASA and RSA in implementing agreements, to identify
and quantify common system operations activities to be performed by
RSA in support of the operation of elements which NASA, the GOJ, ESA
and CSA collectively provide and to account for them in the contents
of the common system operations activities and costs as provided in
Article 9.3.a.
9.3.c. NASA, the GOJ, ESA and CSA will perform common system operations
activities as specified in the MOU between NASA and the GOJ, the MOU
between NASA and ESA, and the MOU between NASA and CSA.
9.4 The SOP will develop detailed procedures for the implementation
of this Article, including to identify the detailed contents to be
included in each category comprising common system operations and
to estimate, based on agreed assumptions, a not-to-exceed figure for
common system operations activities and costs to be approved by the
MCB. The partners will also, each year, report to the SOP on their
forecasts for future years for the common system operations activities
and costs and on their identified actual annual common system activities
and operations costs. The SOP, in consultation with the UOP, will
work to contain the common system operations activities and costs
within the estimated not-to-exceed figure approved by the MCB and
to this end will recommend to the MCB corrective measures in the COUP
whenever it appears that the annual forecasted costs may exceed this
figure. In such cases, the MCB will either approve the SOP's recommendations
or take other measures, including reevaluation and adjustment of the
not-to-exceed figure. If possible, after the partners have gained
experience in the operation of the Space Station the SOP will endeavor
to establish fixed values for the annual common system operations
activities and costs. RSA will participate in this process as appropriate.
9.5. Offsets
9.5.a. Any partner may, as agreed with NASA, in consultation with
the other partners, perform common system operations or other activities
to offset its responsibility for common system operations costs. NASA
will establish with this partner, and any affected partners, implementing
arrangements on the contents and scope of the common system operations
activities and on any other activities to be performed by this partner
to offset its responsibility for common system operations costs.
9.5.b. Full offset of the RSA share of common system operations costs,
through performance of common system operations and other activities,
are as agreed in implementing arrangements.
9.6. Costs of User Activities
9.6.a. Costs of user activities such as payload/experiment design,
development, test and evaluation (DDT&E); payload ground processing;
provision of payload/experiment spares and associated equipment; transmission
and handling of user data; launch and return of payloads/experiments,
spares and associated equipment; launch and return of the fraction
of the logistics carriers provided for in Article 3 that is attributable
to user payloads/ experiments, spares and associated equipment; and
any special user integration or user operations support, including
specialized crew training, will be the responsibility of Space Station
users of the partners or of individual partners as users. Such costs
will not be shared among NASA, RSA and the other partners. In addition,
the DDT&E and operations costs of the users' support centers will
not be shared among NASA, RSA and the other partners.
9.7. NASA, RSA and the other partners will not recoup their DDT&E
costs for their elements from one another in the operation and utilization
of the Space Station.
9.8. In case of failure of any partner to perform its operations responsibilities,
as provided in Article 9.2, or to provide for its share of common
system operations responsibilities, as provided in Article 9.5, the
partners will meet to discuss what action should be taken. Such action
could result in, for example, an appropriate reduction of the failing
partner's rights to its allocations.
ARTICLE 10
Safety and Mission Assurance
10.1. In order to assure safety, NASA has the responsibility, working
with RSA and the other partners, to establish overall Space Station
safety and mission assurance requirements and plans covering Space
Station detailed design and development activities and mature operations
and utilization. Development of further safety and mission assurance
requirements and plans and changes to safety and mission assurance
requirements and plans will be processed, according to the procedures
in Articles 7 and 8.
10.2. Each partner will develop detailed safety and mission assurance
requirements and plans, using its own requirements, for its Space
Station hardware and software. Such requirements and plans must meet
or exceed the overall Space Station safety and mission assurance requirements
and plans established by NASA working with RSA and the other partners.
Each partner will have the responsibility to implement applicable
overall and detailed Space Station safety and mission assurance requirements
and plans throughout the lifetime of the program, and to certify that
such requirements and plans have been met with respect to the Space
Station elements and payloads it provides. NASA will have the overall
responsibility to certify that the Space Station as a whole and its
elements and payloads are safe. In support of NASA's overall responsibilities
to assure safety and mission assurance, RSA will be responsible for
certifying that the Russian Segment and the RSA-provided elements,
including cargo, are safe and ready for operation, using jointly agreed
documentation and processes.
10.3. NASA will conduct overall integrated system safety reviews for
Space Station elements, launch package stage and payloads which RSA
will support. NASA, RSA and the other partners will also conduct safety
reviews of the elements and payloads they provide; NASA will participate
in and support such reviews by the other partners. Each partner will
also participate in and support safety reviews by the other partners
as appropriate related to the elements and payloads that partner provides.
Partner support to such safety reviews will include provision of necessary
safety related information to enable the other partners to conduct
their reviews. The partners will participate as appropriate in any
Space Station safety review boards managed by NASA.
10.4. NASA, RSA and the other partners will establish contingency
procedures for on-orbit emergencies to protect the safety of the Space
Station and its crew. NASA, RSA and the other partners will also establish
a process for consultations in the event of on-orbit emergencies for
which contingency procedures do not exist. If this consultation process
cannot be followed within the time required, due to the nature of
the emergency, orif consensus cannot be reached within the time required,
NASA will have the responsibility for making decisions necessary to
protect the safety of the Space Station and its crew, following procedures
agreed in advance for implementation of such decisions.
ARTICLE 11
Space Station Crew
11.1. Each partner has the right to provide personnel to serve as
Space Station crew from the time that the partner begins to share
common system operations responsibilities. During the period of a
three-person crew, NASA and RSA will be allocated 50% of the three
crew flight opportunities. The above allocations will be adjusted
as allocations to the other partners for crew flight opportunities
begin, while maintaining equal shares for NASA and RSA. Such adjustments
will be as agreed in implementing arrangements between NASA and RSA.
During assembly, flight opportunities for NASA and RSA Space Station
crew will be satisfied over time and not necessarily on each specific
crew rotation cycle; however, in the event of adjustments, each crew
complement will have at least one representative from NASA and one
from RSA. Following outfitting of the NASA-provided Habitation Module
and initial operational verification of the NASA-provided crew rescue
vehicle, when the Space Station has a crew of seven, RSA will be allocated
three crew flight opportunities. The remaining four crew flight opportunities
will be allocated to NASA, the GOJ, ESA and CSA commensurate with
utilization resources allocations specified in Article 8.3.b and will
be satisfied over time, not necessarily on each specific crew rotation
cycle. The SOP will annually, or as required by any partner, review
the implementation of this paragraph and provide its conclusions to
the MCB.
11.2. During Space Station assembly and verification, fully trained
NASA and RSA crew members will participate in on-orbit assembly and
system verification of the NASA and RSA-provided elements and other
assigned flight element assembly and system verification tasks planned
during that on-orbit period as provided in the verification plan described
in Article 6, and utilization activities as provided for in Article
8. To support these activities, NASA and RSA will establish and co-chair
a Bilateral Crew Operations Panel (BCOP) which will coordinate any
crew matters that affect only NASA and RSA in the assembly phase,
prior to other partners' flight opportunities, including establishment
of a NASA-RSA Interim Code of Conduct. This NASA-RSA Interim Code
of Conduct will be succeeded by the Space Station Code of Conduct
pursuant to Article 11.9.
11.3. The MCB will establish a Multilateral Crew Operations Panel
(MCOP) which will be the primary forum for the top-level coordination
and resolution of Space Station crew matters which affect all partners
including the processes, standards and criteria for selection, certification,
assignment and training of Space Station crew. The MCB will develop
an MCOP Charter that defines the specific responsibilities of this
Panel. Any modifications to this Charter will be approved by the MCB.
The MCOP will have a rotating chairmanship and all decisions taken
will be by consensus. The partners will propose to the MCOP their
candidates for Space Station crew based on mission requirements and
allocated flight opportunities. If the MCOP determines the candidates
meet the Space Station crew standards and criteria, the candidates
will be assigned to specific crew complements, subject to approval
in accordance with the partners' internal agency procedures. Following
assignment to a crew, the entire crew will begin increment-specific
training in order to acquire skills necessary to conduct Space Station
operations and utilization. One or more specific crew complements,
can be trained as a team in preparation for a specific crew rotation
cycle according to the agreed curriculum and specific mission requirements.
The MCOP will determine the readiness of the crew for flight based
on the results of a review of the crew's medical condition and the
crew's performance during training.
11.4. NASA, RSA and the other partners will establish a Multilateral
Medical Policy Board (MMPB) to provide coordination and oversight
of crew health issues. NASA and RSA will each provide a single point
of contact for medical support who will have full responsibility on
behalf of its respective agency to resolve issues related to the development
of a common system for medical support and who will serve as co-chair
of the MMPB during the Space Station assembly phase. The MMPB will
be supported by a Multilateral Space Medicine Board (MSMB) and by
a Multilateral Medical Operations Panel (MMOP), established by NASA
and RSA with the other partners, which will be the primary working
level groups for coordination of crew health matters including clinical
care, medical standards, preventative medicine (including operational
countermeasures) and environmental monitoring. The MMOP and the MSMB
will operate on the principle of consensus. The MMOP will develop
medical standards, certification criteria, pre-flight, in-flight,
and post-flight medical care requirements, medical hardware responsibilities
and operational procedures and recommend them to the MSMB for approval.
The MSMB will present its decisions and findings to the MMPB and MCOP,
as appropriate, for review and concurrence. NASA, RSA, and the other
partners will be responsible for medical certification of their respective
crew member in accordance with agreed standards, and will present
the appropriate documentation to the MSMB for approval. The MSMB will
have responsibility for final medical certification of crew and for
oversight of the implementation of medical operations.
11.5. NASA, RSA and the other partners will establish a Human Research
Multilateral Review Board (HRMRB). This Board will have the responsibility
for assuring that human research protocols do not endanger the health,
safety, and well-being of human research subjects on the Space Station,
while ensuring ethical conduct of experiment operations. The HRMRB
will review and approve, prior to their implementation, human research
protocols for the Space Station proposed by the partners. The HRMRB
will operate on the principle of consensus.
11.6. The Space Station crew will operate as one integrated team with
one Commander. Consistent with the principle of an integrated crew,
the entire crew will operate under a single timeline for performance
of all operations and utilization activities. The crew Commander will
be responsible for the mission program implementation and crew safety
assurance aboard the Space Station. Specific details concerning this
integrated crew concept will be agreed by the MCOP.
11.7. NASA will be financially responsible for all compensation, medical
expenses, subsistence costs on Earth, and training for Space Station
crew which it provides. RSA will be financially responsible for all
compensation, medical expenses, subsistence costs on Earth, and training
for Space Station crew which it provides. NASA and RSA each agree
to waive fees for Space Station-related training for the other's Space
Station crew. Specifically, RSA will not be charged Space Station-related
training costs for its crew training at NASA or NASA contractor facilities,
and NASA will not be charged Space Station-related training costs
for its Space Station crew training in RSA or RSA contractor facilities.
This waiver of fees will also apply to any Space Station-related crew
training at NASA or NASA contractor facilities or at RSA or RSA contractor
facilities for all other partner's Space Station crew. Space Station-related
crew training will be defined by the MCOP. Such training includes
instruction, training materials and equipment, access to all necessary
facilities (including travel among NASA and NASA contractor facilities
and travel among RSA and RSA contractor facilities) and all costs
for activities in the agreed training plan and curriculum that will
be used for training following certification of Space Station crew
pursuant to Article 11.3. Agreed training for all assigned duties
will be required.
11.8. Consistent with the general provisions in Article 21 regarding
language, English will be the main operational language for crew activities.
Other languages may be used when appropriate, consistent with safety
requirements and the concept of an integrated crew. The MCOP will
define the language to be used for crew training.
11.9. The Space Station Code of Conduct will be developed by the partners
and submitted to the MCB for approval. Except as otherwise provided
in Article 11.2, each partner must have approved the Space Station
Code of Conduct before it provides Space Station crew. The Space Station
Code of Conduct will, inter alia: establish a clear chain of command
on-orbit; clear relationship between ground and on-orbit management;
and management hierarchy; set forth standards for work and activities
in space, and, as appropriate, on the ground; establish responsibilities
with respect to elements and equipment; set forth disciplinary regulations;
establish physical and information security guidelines; and provide
the Space Station Commander appropriate authority and responsibility,
on behalf of all the partners, to enforce safety procedures, physical
and information security procedures and crew rescue procedures for
the Space Station.
ARTICLE 12
Transportation, Communications and Other Non-Space Station Facilities
12.1. Transportation
12.1.a. Launch and return transportation services for the Space Station
will be provided by the following government and private sector space
transportation systems:
- the US Space Shuttle;
- the Russian Proton, and Soyuz-type launch vehicles and the Progress
M- and Soyuz TM-type vehicles;
- the European Ariane-5 launch vehicle and the associated orbital
transfer vehicle; and
- the Japanese H-II launch vehicle and the associated orbital transfer
vehicle.
12.1.b. The partners will also have the right of access to the Space
Station for launch and return transportation services using other
Government or private sector space transportation systems of the partners.
Potential future partner space transportation systems include:
- the European vehicle for crew and cargo delivery and return; and
- the Japanese Space Transportation System for Space Station launch
and return transportation services
12.1.c. Recognizing that the responsibility for developing space transportation
systems and for making them technically and operationally compatible
with the Space Station rests with the providing partner, the appropriate
partners will exchange information necessary to support such compatibility.
Technical, operational and safety requirements for access to the Space
Station will be controlled in appropriate program documentation as
provided for in Articles 7 and 8.
12.1.d. Provision of launch and return transportation services to
the Space Station will be in accordance with the integrated traffic
planning, management mechanisms, and documentation provided for in
Articles 7 and 8 and in accordance with Article 9. NASA, RSA and the
other partners providing Space Station launch and return transportation
services will each develop a partner transportation model, for their
transportation systems. The partners' transportation models will be
combined into a single integrated launch and return transportation
model for the Space Station program. This integrated launch and return
transportation capability to be provided by the partners providing
launch and return transportation services will be the basis for the
integrated traffic planning process supporting development of the
COUP.
12.1.e. Except as otherwise agreed, each partner provides or arranges
with other partners on a reimbursable basis for the provision of launch
and return transportation services for the flight elements it provides
including assembly and logistics requirements. With regard to utilization
activities, each partner provides or arranges with other partners
on a reimbursable basis for the provision of launch and return transportation
services in connection with its Space Station users. The right to
obtain launch and return transportation services for Space Station
utilization activities is as provided in Article 8.3.d. Reimbursement
for such services may be in cash, or agreed kind. All reimbursable
transportation services will be provided under launch services agreements.
12.1.f. NASA will provide reimbursable Space Shuttle launch and return
transportation services to ESA in connection with the assembly of
the ESA-provided European pressurized laboratory to the Space Station
and its initial outfitting in accordance with the program documentation
described in Article 7.2.
12.1.g. NASA will provide reimbursable Space Shuttle launch and return
transportation services to the GOJ in connection with the assembly
of the GOJ-provided JEM to the Space Station and its initial outfitting
in accordance with the program documentation described in Article
7.2.
12.1.h. NASA will be responsible for standard Space Shuttle launch
and return transportation services in connection with the assembly
of the CSA-provided flight elements to the Space Station (CSA will
be responsible for any optional Space Shuttle launch services required
in connection with the assembly of the CSA-provided flight elements
to the Space Station).
12.1.i. Partners which provide launch and return transportation services
in connection with Space Station common system operations will do
so in accordance with Article 9.
12.1.j. Each partner will use its best efforts to accommodate additional
launch and return transportation service requirements in relation
to the Space Station, as well as proposed requirements and flight
schedules related to the Space Station activities described above.
12.1.k. Each partner will respect the proprietary rights in and confidentiality
of appropriately marked data and goods to be transported on its launch
and return transportation system.
12.2. Communications
Space Station communications will involve space-to-ground, ground-to-space,
ground-to-ground and space-to-space data transmission.
12.2.a. NASA will provide the TDRSS space and ground communications
network for command, control and operations of Space Station elements
and payloads, as provided for in Article 8.2.g, and other Space Station
communications purposes.
12.2.b. RSA will provide the RSA Data Relay Satellite system space
and ground network for command, control and operations of Space Station
elements and payloads, as provided for in Article 8.2.g, and other
Space Station communications purposes.
12.2.c. ESA may provide the EDRS space and ground network for complementary
communications support for command, control and operations of the
European pressurized laboratory and payloads, and other Space Station
communications purposes.
12.2.d. The GOJ may provide the GOJ data relay satellite system space
and ground network for complementary communications support for command,
control and operations of the JEM and payloads and other Space Station
communications purposes.
12.2.e. Recognizing that the responsibility for developing the above
systems and for making them technically and operationally compatible
with the Space Station and with Space Station use of TDRSS and of
the RSA Data Relay Satellite system rests with the providing partner,
NASA or RSA will provide information necessary to support such compatibility.
Other communications systems may be used on the Space Station by the
partners or Space Station users if such communications systems are
compatible with the Space Station and with the Space Station use of
TDRSS and the RSA Data Relay Satellite system. Technical, operational,
regulatory and security requirements related to Space Station communications
will be controlled by appropriate program management mechanisms and
in documentation as provided for in Articles 7 and 8. Unless otherwise
agreed with NASA or NASA and RSA, end-to-end transmission of data
throughout the Space Station communications system will be compatible
with the communications transportation formats, protocols and standards
agreed to by the Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS).
12.2.f. Provision of Space Station communications will be documented
in the COUP and in accordance with the management mechanisms and other
documentation provided for in Articles 7 and 8.
12.2.g. With regard to utilization activities, each partner provides
or arranges with other partners on a reimbursable basis for the provision
of communications services in connection with its Space Station users.
Reimbursement for such services may be in cash, or agreed kind. All
reimbursable communications services will be provided under communications
services agreements. The right to obtain TDRSS or RSA Data Relay Satellite
system data transmission capacity for Space Station utilization activities
is as provided in Article 8.3.d. The partners will use their best
efforts to accommodate, with their respective communications systems,
each other's specific Space Station-related requirements.
12.2.h. Partners and users of the partners may implement measures
to ensure confidentiality of their utilization and housekeeping data
passing through the communications systems being used in connection
with the Space Station. (Notwithstanding the foregoing, data which
are necessary to assure safe operations will be made available according
to procedures in the Operation Management Plan and the Utilization
Management Plan and their use will be restricted to safety purposes
only.) Each partner will respect the proprietary rights in, and the
confidentiality of, the utilization and housekeeping data passing
through its communications systems, including its ground network and
the communications systems of its contractors, when providing communications
services to another partner. Each partner will respect the confidentiality
of personnel and medical data passing through its communications systems,
including its ground network and the communications systems of its
contractors, when providing communications services to another partner.
12.2.i. The partners will each assure that their Space Station information
resources, such as computer systems and data transmission systems,
are provided a level of security and integrity consistent with potential
harm from their loss, inaccuracy, alteration, unavailability, or misuse.
The level of security and integrity referred to above is defined through
the management mechanisms and controlled in the documentation provided
for in Articles 7 and 8 and reflects national laws and regulations
of the partners applicable to such information resources.
12.3. Other Non-Space Station Facilities
12.3.a. Should RSA desire to use the Space Shuttle or other NASA facilities
on a cooperative or reimbursable basis to support the development
of its Space Station Utilization Plan or to support its Space Station
detailed design or development activities, NASA will use its best
efforts to accommodate RSA's proposed requirements and schedules.
Likewise, should NASA desire to use RSA space transportation systems
or other RSA facilities on a cooperative or reimbursable basis to
support the development of its Space Station Utilization Plan or to
support its Space Station detailed design or development activities,
RSA will use its best efforts to accommodate NASA's proposed requirements
and schedules.
12.3.b. If NASA and RSA agree that it is appropriate and necessary
for the conduct of the cooperative program, NASA and RSA will use
their good offices in connection with attempting to arrange for the
use of US and Russian Federation Governments' or contractors' facilities
by the Parties and/or their contractors. Such use will be subject
to separate arrangements between the user and the owner of the facilities.
ARTICLE 13
Advanced Development Program
13.1. NASA and RSA each are conducting Space Station advanced development
programs in support of their respective detailed design and development
activities. Cooperation in such advanced development activities will
be considered on a case-by-case basis and entered into where it is
advantageous to both sides and where there are reciprocal opportunities.
13.2. RSA proposals to use NASA advanced development test beds or
other NASA facilities in support of RSA's Space Station advanced development
program will be considered on a case-by-case basis either on a cooperative
or reimbursable basis. Likewise, NASA proposals to use RSA's facilities
in support of NASA's Space Station advanced development program will
be considered on a case-by-case basis either on a cooperative or reimbursable
basis.
13.3. Should RSA desire to use the Space Shuttle on a cooperative
or reimbursable basis to support RSA Space Station advanced development
activities, NASA will use its best efforts to accommodate RSA's proposed
requirements and flight schedules. Likewise, should NASA desire to
use RSA space transportation systems on a cooperative or reimbursable
basis to support NASA Space Station advanced development activities,
RSA will use its best efforts to accommodate NASA's proposed requirements
and flight schedules.
ARTICLE 14
Space Station Evolution
14.1. NASA, RSA and the other partners intend that the Space Station
will evolve through the addition of capability and will strive to
maximize the likelihood that such evolution will be effected through
contributions from all the partners. To this end, it will be the object
of the Parties to provide, where appropriate, the opportunity to the
other partners to cooperate in their respective proposals for additions
of evolutionary capability. The Space Station together with its additions
of evolutionary capability will remain a civil station, and its operation
and utilization will be for peaceful purposes, in accordance with
international law.
14.2. This MOU sets forth rights and obligations concerning only the
elements listed in Article 3, except that this Article and Article
16 of the Intergovernmental Agreement will apply to any additions
of evolutionary capability. As such, this MOU does not commit either
Party to participate in, or grant either Party rights in, the addition
of evolutionary capability.
14.3. NASA and RSA agree to study evolution concepts for the Space
Station during detailed design and development and mature operations
and utilization. NASA will be responsible for development of overall
Space Station evolution concepts, in consultation with RSA and the
other partners, and for integrating RSA's and the other partners'
evolution concepts into an overall Space Station evolution plan.
14.4. NASA, RSA, and the other partners will participate in an International
Evolution Working Group (IEWG) to coordinate their respective evolution
studies and to consider overall Space Station evolution concepts and
planning activities.
14.5. The MCB will review specific evolutionary capabilities proposed
by any partner, assess the impacts of those plans on the other partners'
elements and on the Space Station, and review recommendations for
minimizing potential impacts on Space Station activity during the
addition of evolutionary capabilities.
14.6. Following the review and assessment provided for in Article
14.5, and consistent with the provisions of the Intergovernmental
Agreement, cooperation between or among partners regarding the sharing
of addition(s) of evolutionary capability will require, either the
amendment of the MOU between NASA and ESA, the MOU between NASA and
the GOJ, the MOU between NASA and CSA and/or the MOU between NASA
and RSA, or a separate agreement to which NASA, to ensure that any
addition is consistent with the overall program, and any other partner
providing a Space Station element or space transportation system on
which there is an operational or technical impact, will be a party.
14.7. Following the review and assessment provided for in Article
14.5, and consistent with the provisions of the Intergovernmental
Agreement, the addition of evolutionary capability by one partner
will require prior notification of the other partners and an agreement
with NASA, to ensure that any addition is consistent with the overall
program, and with any other partner providing a Space Station element
or space transportation system on which there is an operational or
technical impact.
14.8. The addition of evolutionary capability will in no event alter
the rights and obligations of either Party to this MOU concerning
the elements listed in Article 3, unless otherwise agreed by the affected
Party.
ARTICLE 15
Cross-Waiver of Liability; Exchange of Data and Goods;
Treatment of Data and Goods in Transit; Customs and Immigration;
Intellectual Property; Criminal Jurisdiction
The Parties note that, with respect to the cross-waiver of liability,
exchange of data and goods, treatment of data and goods in transit,
customs and immigration, intellectual property and criminal jurisdiction,
the relevant provisions of the Intergovernmental Agreement apply.
ARTICLE 16
Financial Arrangements
16.1. Each Party will bear the costs of fulfilling its responsibilities,
including but not limited to costs of compensation, travel and subsistence
of its own personnel and transportation of all equipment and other
items for which it is responsible under this MOU. However, as provided
in Article 9, the partners will share common system operations responsibilities.
16.2. The ability of each Party to carry out its obligations is subject
to its funding procedures and the availability of appropriated funds.
16.3. In the event that funding problems arise that may affect a partner's
ability to fulfill its responsibilities under this MOU, that partner
will promptly notify and consult with the other partners. Further,
the Parties undertake to grant high priority to their Space Station
programs in developing their budgetary plans.
16.4. The Parties will seek to minimize the exchange of funds while
carrying out their respective responsibilities in this cooperative
program, including, if they agree, through the use of barter, that
is, the provision of goods or services. This MOU does not affect existing
contractual arrangements and would not preclude future contractual
arrangements by either party.
ARTICLE 17
Public Information
17.1. NASA and RSA will be responsible for the development of an agreed
Public Affairs Plan that will specify guidelines for NASA-RSA cooperative
public affairs activities during the detailed design, development,
operation and utilization of the Space Station.
17.2. Within the Public Affairs Plan guidelines, both NASA and RSA
will retain the right to release public information on their respective
portions of the program. NASA and RSA will undertake to coordinate
with each other, and, as appropriate, with the other partners, in
advance concerning public information activities which relate to each
other's responsibilities or performance in the Space Station program.
ARTICLE 18
Consultation and Settlement of Disputes
18.1. The Parties agree to consult with each other and with the other
partners promptly when events occur or matters arise which may occasion
a question of interpretation or implementation of the terms of this
MOU.
18.2. In the case of a question of interpretation or implementation
of the terms of this MOU, such question will be first referred for
settlement to the appropriate officials designated, respectively,
by the NASA Administrator and the RSA General Director. The Parties
recognize that in the case of a question which requires consideration
by another partner, the consultations will be broadened so as to include
appropriate officials designated, respectively, by the ESA Director
General, the Minister of State for Science and Technology of Japan
or by the President of CSA.
18.3. Any question of interpretation or implementation of the terms
of this MOU which has not been settled in accordance with Article
18.2 will be referred for settlement to the NASA Administrator and
the RSA General Director. The Parties recognize that in case of a
question which requires consideration by another partner the matter
will also be referred to the Director General of ESA, Minister of
State for Science and Technology of Japan and/or the President of
CSA.
18.4. Any issues arising out of this MOU not satisfactorily settled
through consultation pursuant to this Article may be pursued in accordance
with the relevant provisions of the Intergovernmental Agreement.
18.5. Unless otherwise agreed between NASA and RSA, implementation
of decisions made pursuant to mechanisms provided for in this MOU
will not be held in abeyance pending settlement of issues under this
Article.
ARTICLE 19
Entry into Force; Withdrawal
19.1. Pursuant to the Arrangement Concerning Application of the Intergovernmental
Agreement Pending its Entry Into Force, which became effective on
January 29, 1998, this MOU will enter into force after signature of
both the NASA Administrator or his designee and the RSA General Director
or his designee, upon written notification by the Government of the
United States of America and the Government of the Russian Federation
to each other that all procedures necessary for its entry into force
have been completed.
19.2. Pending the entry into force of the Intergovernmental Agreement
for the Government of the United States and the Government of the
Russian Federation in accordance with Article 25 of the Intergovernmental
Agreement, the Parties agree, to the fullest extent possible consistent
with their domestic laws and regulations, to abide by the relevant
terms of the Intergovernmental Agreement.
19.3. If the United States or Russia withdraws from the Arrangement
Concerning Application of the Intergovernmental Agreement Pending
its Entry into Force, the corresponding Cooperating Agency will be
deemed to have withdrawn from this MOU effective from the same date.
19.4. If the United States or Russia gives notice of withdrawal from
the Intergovernmental Agreement in accordance with Article 28 of that
Agreement, the corresponding Cooperating Agency will be deemed to
have withdrawn from this MOU effective from the date of such withdrawal.
ARTICLE 20
MOU Amendments
This MOU may be amended at any time by written agreement of the Parties.
Any amendment must be consistent with the Intergovernmental Agreement.
To the extent that a provision of this MOU reflects specific rights
or obligations accepted by another partner under other MOUs with NASA,
that provision may be amended only with the written consent of that
partner.
ARTICLE 21
Language
The working language for all activities under this MOU will be the
English language and all data and information generated or provided
under this MOU will be in the English language. The foregoing principle
does not preclude the use of another language when such use is accepted,
in specific instances, as agreed by the Parties.
ARTICLE 22
Review
Upon the request of either Party, the Parties will meet for the purpose
of reviewing and promoting cooperation in the Space Station. In the
process of this review, the Parties may consider amendments to this
MOU.
DONE at Washington, D.C., this 29th day of January, 1998, in two originals
in the English and Russian languages, each text being equally authentic.
FOR THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS FOR THE RUSSIAN SPACE AGENCY:
AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION OF
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:
Signed by NASA Administrator Signed by RSA General Director
Daniel S. Goldin Yuri N. Koptev
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