NASA astronaut Drew Feustel speaks about his experience on two shuttle missions, STS-125 and STS-134, as well as Expeditions 55 and 56 on the International Space Station, at the Embassy of Canada, Monday, May 6, 2019 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA astronaut Drew Feustel speaks about his experience on two shuttle missions, STS-125 and STS-134, as well as Expeditions 55 and 56 on the International Space Station, at the Embassy of Canada, Monday, May 6, 2019 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA astronaut Drew Feustel speaks about his experience on two shuttle missions, STS-125 and STS-134, as well as Expeditions 55 and 56 on the International Space Station, at the Embassy of Canada, Monday, May 6, 2019 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA astronaut Drew Feustel speaks about his experience on two shuttle missions, STS-125 and STS-134, as well as Expeditions 55 and 56 on the International Space Station, at the Embassy of Canada, Monday, May 6, 2019 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA astronaut Drew Feustel speaks about his experience on two shuttle missions, STS-125 and STS-134, as well as Expeditions 55 and 56 on the International Space Station, at the Embassy of Canada, Monday, May 6, 2019 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA astronaut Drew Feustel speaks about his experience on two shuttle missions, STS-125 and STS-134, as well as Expeditions 55 and 56 on the International Space Station, at the Embassy of Canada, Monday, May 6, 2019 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA astronaut Drew Feustel speaks about his experience on two shuttle missions, STS-125 and STS-134, as well as Expeditions 55 and 56 on the International Space Station, at the Embassy of Canada, Monday, May 6, 2019 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA astronaut Drew Feustel speaks with Canadian Deputy Ambassador to the U.S., Kirsten Hillman, about spaceflight at the Embassy of Canada, Monday, May 6, 2019 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA astronaut Drew Feustel speaks with Canadian Deputy Ambassador to the U.S., Kirsten Hillman, about spaceflight at the Embassy of Canada, Monday, May 6, 2019 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA astronaut Drew Feustel presents Canadian Deputy Ambassador to the U.S., Kirsten Hillman, a montage from Expeditions 55 and 56 to the International Space Station, Monday, May 6, 2019 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA astronaut Drew Feustel poses for a photo after presenting Canadian Deputy Ambassador to the U.S., Kirsten Hillman, a montage from Expeditions 55 and 56 to the International Space Station, Monday, May 6, 2019 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Minister, Congressional, Public and Intergovernmental Affairs, Embassy of Canada, Carrie Goodge O'Brien, provides remarks at a Moon tree dedication ceremony, Tuesday, June 4, 2024 at the United States Capitol in Washington. The American Sweetgum tree planted on the southwestern side of the Capitol, was grown from a seed that was flown around the Moon during the Artemis I mission. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Minister, Congressional, Public and Intergovernmental Affairs, Embassy of Canada, Carrie Goodge O'Brien, provides remarks at a Moon tree dedication ceremony, Tuesday, June 4, 2024 at the United States Capitol in Washington. The American Sweetgum tree planted on the southwestern side of the Capitol, was grown from a seed that was flown around the Moon during the Artemis I mission. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Canadian Space Agency President Steve MacLean signs a framework agreement on civil space cooperation between the U.S. and Canada, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009, at the Canadian Embassy in Washington, DC. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls) 

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden signs a framework agreement on civil space cooperation between the U.S. and Canada, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009, at the Canadian Embassy in Washington, DC. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls) 

From left to right, U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Artemis II crew members, NASA astronauts Victor Glover and Reid Wiseman, U.S. Rep. Frank Lucas (R-OK), U.S. Rep. Harold “Hal” Rogers (R-KY), Artemis II crew members NASA astronaut Christina Koch and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, U.S. Rep. Charles Albert "Dutch" Ruppersberger III (D-MD), NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, and Minister, Congressional, Public, and Intergovernmental Affairs, Embassy of Canada, Carrie Goodge O'Brien, pose for a photo after a Moon tree dedication ceremony, Tuesday, June 4, 2024 at the United States Capitol in Washington. The American Sweetgum tree planted on the southwestern side of the Capitol, was grown from a seed that was flown around the Moon during the Artemis I mission. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

From left to right, Monaco’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Isabelle Berro-Amadeï, NASA Associate Administrator for the Office of International and Interagency Relations, Karen Feldstein, Ambassador of the Principality of Monaco to the United States and Canada, the Honorable Maguy Maccario Doyle, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of the Principality of Monaco to the United States and Canada, the Honorable Jean-Philippe Bertani, NASA International Program Specialist with the Office of International and Interagency Relations, Anthony Tsougranis, and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, meet Thursday, June 22, 2023 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Monaco’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Isabelle Berro-Amadeï, (not pictured), NASA Associate Administrator for the Office of International and Interagency Relations, Karen Feldstein, left, Ambassador of the Principality of Monaco to the United States and Canada, the Honorable Maguy Maccario Doyle, center, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of the Principality of Monaco to the United States and Canada, the Honorable Jean-Philippe Bertani, right, meet with NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, Thursday, June 22, 2023 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

From left to right, Monaco’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Isabelle Berro-Amadeï, NASA Associate Administrator for the Office of International and Interagency Relations, Karen Feldstein, Ambassador of the Principality of Monaco to the United States and Canada, the Honorable Maguy Maccario Doyle, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of the Principality of Monaco to the United States and Canada, the Honorable Jean-Philippe Bertani, NASA International Program Specialist with the Office of International and Interagency Relations, Anthony Tsougranis, and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, meet Thursday, June 22, 2023 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Monaco’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Isabelle Berro-Amadeï views a photograph from the Artemis I mission during a meeting with, from left to right, NASA Associate Administrator for the Office of International and Interagency Relations, Karen Feldstein, Ambassador of the Principality of Monaco to the United States and Canada, the Honorable Maguy Maccario Doyle, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of the Principality of Monaco to the United States and Canada, the Honorable Jean-Philippe Bertani, NASA International Program Specialist with the Office of International and Interagency Relations, Anthony Tsougranis, and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, Thursday, June 22, 2023 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

From left to right, Monaco’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Isabelle Berro-Amadeï, NASA Associate Administrator for the Office of International and Interagency Relations, Karen Feldstein, Ambassador of the Principality of Monaco to the United States and Canada, the Honorable Maguy Maccario Doyle, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of the Principality of Monaco to the United States and Canada, the Honorable Jean-Philippe Bertani, NASA International Program Specialist with the Office of International and Interagency Relations, Anthony Tsougranis, and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, meet Thursday, June 22, 2023 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Ambassador of Canada to the United States Kirsten Hillman delivers introductory remarks during a reception with NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Hammock Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, Wednesday, May 17, 2023, at the Canadian Embassy in Washington. Wiseman, Glover, Koch, and Hansen, who will fly around the Moon on NASA’s Artemis II flight test, visited Washington to discuss their upcoming mission with members of Congress and others. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

Ambassador of Canada to the United States Kirsten Hillman delivers introductory remarks during a reception with NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Hammock Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, Wednesday, May 17, 2023, at the Canadian Embassy in Washington. Wiseman, Glover, Koch, and Hansen, who will fly around the Moon on NASA’s Artemis II flight test, visited Washington to discuss their upcoming mission with members of Congress and others. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

Ambassador of Canada to the United States Kirsten Hillman delivers introductory remarks during a reception with NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Hammock Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, Wednesday, May 17, 2023, at the Canadian Embassy in Washington. Wiseman, Glover, Koch, and Hansen, who will fly around the Moon on NASA’s Artemis II flight test, visited Washington to discuss their upcoming mission with members of Congress and others. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the International Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, senior government officials from 15 countries participating in the space station program signed agreements in Washington D.C. on Jan. 29 to establish the framework of cooperation among the partners on the design, development, operation and utilization of the space station. Acting Secretary of State Strobe Talbott signed the 1998 Intergovernmental Agreement on Space Station Cooperation with representatives of Russia, Japan, Canada, and participating countries of the European Space Agency ESA -- Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Some of these officials then toured Kennedy's Space Station Processing Facility SSPF with NASA Administrator Daniel Goldin, at front, sixth from the left. They are, left to right, front to back: Hidetoshi Murayama, National Space Development Agency of Japan NASDA Louis Laurent, Embassy of France Haakon Blankenborg, Norwegian Parliament Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs His Excellency Joris Vos, ambassador of the Netherlands His Excellency Tom Vraalsen, ambassador of Norway Goldin Luigi Berlinguer, Italian minister for education, scientific, and technological research Antonio Rodota, director general, ESA Yvan Ylieff, Belgian minister of science and chairman of the ESA Ministerial Council Jacqueline Ylieff Masaaki Komatsu, Kennedy local NASDA representative and interpreter Serge Ivanets, space attache, Embassy of Russia Hiroshi Fujita, Science and Technology Agency of Japan Akira Mizutani, Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Peter Grognard, science attache', Royal Embassy of Belgium Michelangelo Pipan, Italian diplomatic counselor to the minister His Excellency Gerhard Fulda, German Federal Foreign Office Jorg Feustel-Buechl, ESA director of manned space flight and microgravity A. Yakovenko, Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs JoAnn Morgan, Kennedy associate director for Advanced Development and Shuttle Upgrades Steve Francois, director, International Space Station and Shuttle Processing Roy Tharpe, Boeing launch site manager Jon Cowart, ISS elements manager John Schumacher, NASA associate administrator for external relations Didier Kechemair, space advistor to the French minister for education, research, and technology Yoshinori Yoshimura, NASDA and Loren Shriver, Kennedy deputy director for launch and payload processing. Node 1 of the ISS is in the background. Photo Credit: NASA