BRATISLAVA, Slovakia, Feb. 17, 2015 (ESA PR) — Slovakia becomes the ninth country to sign the European Cooperating State Agreement with ESA.

This agreement strengthens Slovakia’s relations with ESA, after the signature of the first Cooperation Agreement in April 2010. ESA’s Head of the Director General’s Cabinet, Mr Karlheinz Kreuzberg, and the Slovak Minister of Education, Science, Research and Sport, Mr Juraj Draxler, signed the agreement in Bratislava on 16 February.

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Artists conception of WhiteKnightTwo and the SpaceShipTwo space tourism vehicle. (Credit: Virgin Galactic)

Czechs, Slovaks keep up with world in orbital space tourism
Ceske Noviny

Four tourist space flight tickets have been sold in the Czech Republic and Slovakia since the sale was launched in April 2008, which roughly corresponds to the situation in other countries, Roman Jonas, who represents the future flights’ U.S. operator, has told CTK.

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