TREATIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL ACTS SERIES 20-1212 ______

SPACE

Agreement Between the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and GERMANY

Extending the Agreement of December 8 and 13, 2010

Signed at Cologne, Bonn and Tulsa December 9, 10 and 12, 2020

Entered into force December 12, 2020 With effect from December 13, 2020

NOTE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE

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Agreement to Extend the Framework Agreement between the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the German Aerospace Center On Cooperation in Aeronautics and the Exploration and Use of Outer Space for Peaceful Purposes

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the German Aerospace Center (DLR);

Desiring to continue their successful cooperation under the Framework Agreement between the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the German Aerospace Center on Cooperation in Aeronautics and the Exploration and Use of Outer Space for Peaceful Purposes that entered into force on December 13, 2010 (hereinafter referred to as the "Framework Agreement");

Noting that the original duration of the Framework Agreement is ten (10) years, until December 13, 2020, and that the Parties may extend the Framework Agreement by mutual written agreement in accordance with Article 16 of the Framework Agreement;

Have agreed as follows:

The Framework Agreement shall be extended for ten additional years until December 13, 2030. This Agreement shall enter into force on the date oflast signature by the Parties, with effect from December 13, 2020.

Done in two originals in the English language.

For the Genna Aerospace Center //u:,_1/__

Place: Cologne Place: Tulsa Date: 09 ,12,_,2 QZ() --·-p/1/ ~~ Date; \)fc l2 / J_o J-0 ~ -L~t_ 11/~. Walther Pelzer Member of the DLR Executive Board for Space Administration

Place: Bonn

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