Article I: Description of Cooperation 1. The cooperation set forth in this Implementing Agreement will be undertaken in accordance with 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 (hereinafter the June 17, 1992 Agreement). 2. An experienced cosmonaut will fly abroad the Space Shuttle on the STS-60 mission, which is currently scheduled for November 1993. The cosmonaut will be an integral member of the orbiter crew, and will be trained as a Mission Specialist on Shuttle systems, flight operations, and manifested payload procedures following existing Shuttle practices. 3. The RSA will nominate two cosmonauts for approval by NASA as candidates for the STS-60 Space Shuttle mission. In accordance with Article IV, one of the two cosmonauts will be designated the primary Russian-sponsored crewmember, with the other being designated as a backup crewmember. Both crewmembers will receive Mission Specialist Astronaut training, until the time that the STS-60 crew begins dedicated mission training. From that point, the backup crewmember will receive as much training as practical. The two cosmonauts will be scheduled for arrival at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, in October, 1992. Their names, experience and personal history will be provided to NASA by the RSA prior to the initiation of training. 4. An experienced NASA astronaut will fly on the Mir Space Station as an integral long-duration crewmember (e.g., longer than 90 days) participating as an integral member of the crew in a variety of operations and experiments. The timing of this flight will be consistent with a Shuttle docking flight in 1994 or 1995. The astronaut will be flown to the Mir on a Soyuz transportation system. Special emphasis will be placed on science, particularly life science, as well as engineering and operational objectives. Astronaut and cosmonaut participation before, during and after the long duration flight will be emphasized to accomplish all flight objectives. 5. NASA will nominate two astronauts for approval by RSA as candidates for a long-duration Mir mission (e.g., longer than 90 days) to occur in conjunction with the rendezvous and docking of the Space Shuttle with Mir. In accordance with Article IV, one of the two astronauts will be designated as the primary U.S.-sponsored crewmember, with the other being designated as the backup crewmember. Both crewmembers will receive full cosmonaut training with their cosmonaut crew. The two astronauts will be scheduled to begin training no later than 12 months prior to the agreed upon flight date. They will be U.S. citizens, and their names, experience and personal history will be provide to RSA by NASA no later than one month prior to the initiation of training. 6. The Space Shuttle will rendezvous and dock with Mir in conjunction with the flight of the NASA astronaut aboard Mir. NASA will transport two Russian cosmonauts in the Shuttle to replace the two cosmonauts on board Mir. Training for these cosmonauts will be in accordance with Article V of this Implementing Agreement. Life sciences experiments involving the NASA astronaut and the two cosmonauts who have been on board the Mir for 90 days or more will be conducted while the Shuttle is docked to the Mir. The NASA astronaut and the two cosmonauts who have been on the Mir for 90 days or more will be returned in the Shuttle for continued post-flight life sciences experiments. 7. As part of the technical discussions leading up to the Mir rendezvous, joint implementation teams will explore the use of the Androgynous Peripheral Docking Assembly developed by NPO Energia, consistent with the June 17, 1992 Agreement and this Implementing Agreement. (If such use appears technically feasible, NPO Energia will enter into a separate contract with an American company to provide, modify or integrate this device or its derivatives with the Shuttle.) 8. Joint implementation terms will also consider exchange of Mir crewmembers, transportation of experimental and logistic equipment, and Extra Vehicular Activity (EVA), and will define the respective responsibilities of the Parties, consistent with the June 17, 1992 Agreement and this Implementing Agreement. The implementation teams will jointly develop a contingency plan which will cover procedures for investigation, consultation, and exchange of date in the event of a mishap which causes damage to equipment or injury to personnel during the conduct of the Shuttle-Mir Program. 9. Consistent with the June 17, 1992 Agreement, each Party will be responsible for funding its respective responsibilities, consistent with its domestic laws and regulations, and subject to the availability of appropriated funds. All training, in-country travel and living arrangements, flight and other associated costs for each Party's crew members and dependents will be borne by the host country, in a manner it deems appropriate, at a standard afforded its own flight crews.